Dr. Larry A. Nelson of Raleigh
is one of 37 scientists worldwide recently elected to membership in
the International Statistical Institute.
Nelson is coordinator of
international programs for N.C. State
University’s College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences.
ISI members are elected
based on distinguished contributions to the development or application
of statistical methods, to the administration of statistical services,
or to the development and improvement of statistical education. ISI,
established in 1885, is one of the world’s oldest scientific societies
and has about 2,000 elected members from more than 133 countries. Its
headquarters are in The Hague, the Netherlands.
—Dee
Shore
