The Pfizer Colloquium began in 1978 at University of Connecticut-Storrs under the leadership of the Late Professor Harry O. Posten (University of Connecticut-Storrs) and Dr. David S. Salsburg (Pfizer Global Research and Development-Groton, Connecticut). In view of the historical importance of this project, this joint initiative has been continually supported by funding from Pfizer Global Research and Development-Groton, Connecticut, the Department of Statistics at the University of Connecticut-Storrs, and the American Statistical Association (ASA). After Professor Posten’s death in March 2002 and Dr. Salsburg’s retirement from Pfizer, Professor Nitis Mukhopadhyay of the University of Connecticut-Storrs and Dr. Naitee Ting (then with Pfizer) served as program leaders for the respective organizations. After Dr. Ting moved to Boehringer-Ingelheim, Dr. William T. Duggan of Pfizer took over the role of Dr. Ting in August 2009. The current Steering Committee members include Dr. Demissie Alemayehu (Pfizer), Professor Dipak Dey (UConn) and Dr. Ron Wasserstein (ASA).

Along with this featured guest of honor, two other distinguished statisticians are also normally invited. The featured guest of honor delivers a special lecture under the auspices of “Pfizer Colloquia by Distinguished Statisticians in Honor of Dr. David S. Salsburg”. Then, a “conversation” with the featured guest of honor and the other two distinguished statisticians is arranged under the auspices of “Conversations with Distinguished Statisticians in Memory of Professor Harry O. Posten”.

 

Pfizer Colloquium	Speaker	Affiliation	Year	Other Links
27	Mary Gray	American University	2021	Link
26	Peter J. Bickel	University of California, Berkeley	2021	Link
25	Nan Laird	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	2020	Link
24	Grace Wahba	University of Wisconsin-Madison	2018	Link
23	Pranab K. Sen	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	2012
22	Stephen E. Fienberg	Carnegie Mellon University	2009	Link
21	Barbara A. Bailar	Statistical Consultant	2007	Link
20	Emanuel Parzen	Texas A & M University	2006	Link
19	C.C. Heyde	Columbia University	2005
18	David R. Brillinger	University of California, Berkeley	2004	Link
17	Bradley Efron	Stanford University	2001	Link
16	Janet Norwood	The Urban Institute	2000
15	Robert V. Hogg	University of Iowa	1998	Link
14	Ingram Olkin	Stanford University	1997	Link
13	Theodore W. Anderson	Stanford University	1995	Link
12	David R. Cox	University of Oxford	1994	Link
11	Erich Lehmann	University of California, Berkeley	1992	Link
10	Herbert Robbins	Rutgers University	1990	Link
9	Herman Chernoff	Harvard University	1989	Link
8	Frederick Mosteller	Harvard University	1987
7	Morris H. Hansen	Westat, Inc.	1985	Link
6	Churchill Eisenhart	National Bureau of Standards	1984
5	Gottfried Noether	University of Connecticut	1983
4	C.R. Rao	University of Pittsburgh and Indian Statistical Institute	1981	Link
3	Harold Cramér	Stockholm University	1980
2	Jerzy Neyman	University of California, Berkeley	1979
1	C.R. Rao	Indian Statistical Institute	1978