Conference of Texas Statisticians

The Conference of Texas Statisticians was established at the annual American Statistical Association meeting in Houston, Texas, in 1980. Tom Bratcher, Bill Schucany and Jim Davenport organized the first Conference of Texas Statisticians meeting which was held in Waco, Texas in February, 1981. The conference has been held annually since 1981. After the successful 1985 meeting in Austin, the Texas Chapters of the American Statistical Association were invited to set up the Council of Texas Statisticians with representatives from each Texas Chapter. Two members-at-large were elected from the areas of Texas not covered by a chapter. The Council is responsible for the annual Conference and for promoting cooperation among the Chapters. The Conference of Texas Statisticians affords Texas statisticians the opportunity for social and intellectual exchange on a yearly basis. These meetings also stimulate increased chapter membership as well as visibility of the statistical profession in the state of Texas.

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• 2009: Hosted by Sam Houston State University in Huntsville. Chair: Dr. Melinda Miller Holt, mxm014@shsu.edu.
• 2008: Downtown Campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio
• 2007: Baylor University, Waco
• 2006 :University of Texas at Austin
• 2005: Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
• 2004: Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, Texas
• 2003: Southeast Texas ASA Chapter (Texas A&M University)
• 2002: Houston Area Chapter of ASA, Rice University, & University of Texas School of Public Health
• 2001: San Antonio Chapter of ASA (Grossman International Conference Center)
• 2000: Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
• 1999: North Texas Chapter of ASA & SMU
• 1998: Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• 1997: Houston Chapter (Rice)
• 1996: Stephen F Austin University, Nacogdoches
• 1995: San Antonio Chapter of ASA, Trinity University
• 1994: Southeast Texas Chapter ASA, Texas A&M
• 1993: Austin Chapter of the ASA, Center for Statistical Science, University of Texas
• 1992: Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• 1991: North Texas Chapter of ASA, Dallas, Texas
• 1990: Houston Area Chapter of the ASA (HACASA), Rice University, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and IMSL, Inc.
• 1989: San Antonio Chapter of ASA, Trinity University
• 1988: Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• 1987: Southeast Texas Chapter, Texas A&M University
• 1986: Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• 1985: Austin, TX Joint Meeting COTS & Institute of Mathematical Statistics
• 1984: Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• 1983: Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• 1982: Baylor University, Waco, Texas
• 1981: Baylor University, Waco, Texas

• Background: Each year the ASA's San Antonio Chapter presents the Don Owen Award to a statistician who embodies the three-fold accomplishments of Professor Owen: excellence in research, statistical consultation, and service to the statistical community. Nominations are solicited from all ASA chapters.

  The Don Owen Award, cosponsored by Taylor & Francis, is named for Donald B. Owen, who, before his death in 1991, was Distinguished Professor of Statistics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Professor Owen's long and extremely productive career, including research, consultation, and service, is the ideal against which nominees are compared. It was first awarded in 1983.

• The recipient of 2009 Don Owen Award was Richard A. Johnson, Professor of Statistics, University of Wisconsin. It was presented to Dr. Johnson at the 2009 COTS banquet.

• The complete list of recipients of the Don Owen Award is available on the website site of San Antonio Chapter.

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• 2010: Will be hosted by Baylor University.
• 2011: Will be hosted by the Southeast Texas ASA Chapter.

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The members of the Council of Texas Statisticians include: President, Treasurer, and the Presidents of the five Texas ASA Chapter plus a Council Representative from each Chapter. Additionally, two members-at-large are elected each year for one-year term.

• President for 2010 COTS: to be named
• Treasurer: Carolyn Oakley, cjo@texas.net
• Members-at-large:
  • Dennis Johnston, Dennis_Johnston@baylor.edu
  • Melinda Holt, mholt@shsu.edu
• President for 2009 COTS was Melinda Holt, mholt@shsu.edu.