Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 13/24/12
H. A. (Herbert Aron) David (1925-    )
Papers, 1933-2009, undated


Descriptive summary

creator:

David, H. A. (Herbert Aron) (1925-    )
title:

Papers
dates:

1933-2009, undated
extent:

3.78 linear ft. (9 document boxes)
collection number:

RS 13/24/12
repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research
publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:

H. A. (Herbert Aron) David Papers, RS 13/24/12, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Biographical note

Herbert Aron David was born December 19, 1925, in Berlin, Germany. Following the death of his grandparents during World War II, he and his father escaped to Australia. David received his B.S. (1947) from Sydney University, Australia, and his Ph.D. (1953) from London College University in statistics. Before arriving at Iowa State, David was a Research Officer (1953-1955) at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Sydney; Senior Lecturer (1955-1957) in statistics at Melbourne University; Professor (1957-1964) of statistics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute; and Professor (1964-1972) of biostatistics at the University of North Carolina.

David joined Iowa State University as Professor (1972-2006) and Head (1972-1984) of the Department of Statistics and as Director (1972-1984) of the Statistical Laboratory. At Iowa State he was named Distinguished Professor (1980) and upon his retirement was named Distinguished Professor Emeritus (2006).

Throughout his career, David was active in professional statistical societies and recognized for his contributions to the field of statistics. He received the J. Shelton Horsley Award for Meritorious Research from the Virginia Academy of Science (1963) and the Wilks Award for Outstanding Contributions to Statistical Methodology in Army Research (1983). He was named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He is also a member of the International Statistical Institute. David served as President (1963) of the Biometric Society, Eastern North American Region.

David is the author of numerous statistical articles and several books. He authored the textbook Order Statistics (call no. QA278.7 .D38) first published in 1970. The book is currently in its third edition. David was also co-editor, with Peter Armitage, of the book Advances in Biometry: 50 Years of the International Biometric Society (call no. QH323.5 .A29 1996)

In 1950, David married Vera Reiss of Prague, Czechoslovakia. They had one son, Alexander. Vera passed away in 1991. David remarried in 1992 to Ruth Oppenheimer.

 

Collection description

This collection (1933-2009, undated) contains biographical information, correspondence, conference information, course notes, and published works. The bulk of the collection consists of professional correspondence with Iowa State colleagues and members of professional societies. Records related to events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ISU Statistics Laboratory are also included in the collection. Other files contain lecture notes for statistics courses taught by David; files related to the journal Biometrics and the editorial board on which David served; and a brief history of the ISU Statistics Department.

 

Organization

The collection is listed in alphabetical order.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Biographical information

1972-2006

1

2

 Curriculum Vitae: David, Herbert A.

2009

1

3

 50th Anniversary of ISU Statistics Lab: arrangements

1980-1983

1

4

 50th Anniversary of ISU Statistics Lab: Banquet, special guests

1983

1

5

 50th Anniversary of ISU Statistics Lab: Committee meetings

1981-1983

1

6

 50th Anniversary of ISU Statistics Lab: Conference arrangements

1983

1

7

 50th Anniversary of ISU Statistics Lab: Conference materials

1983, undated

1

8

 50th Anniversary of ISU Statistics Lab: Conference paper and remarks

undated

1

9

 50th Anniversary of ISU Statistics Lab: Conference printouts

1983

1

10

 50th Anniversary of ISU Statistics Lab: Appeal

1982-1983

1

11

 50th Anniversary of ISU Statistics Lab: General Correspondence

1981-1983

1

12

 50th Anniversary of Statistics Department

1997, undated

1

13

 A.C. Aitken Centenary Conference: Conference Materials

1995

1

14

 Biometric Bulletin from Biometric Society

1982-1989

2

1

 Biometrics Society Constitution

1982-1983

2

2

 Biometrics: Correspondence

1982

2

3

 Biometrics: Five year report

undated

2

4

Biometrics: Shorter Communications Publishing

1978-1999

2

5

 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization: Brochures, correspondence, reports and summaries

1975-1976

2

6

 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization: Correspondence, notes, statistics and summaries

1976-1977, undated

2

7

 Correspondence: Arce, Gonzalo

1962-1998

2

8

 Correspondence: Armitage, Peter

1979-1985

2

9

 Correspondence: Armitage, Peter; regarding Advances in Biometry

1994-1995

2

10

Correspondence: Armitage, Peter; regarding Advances in Biometry

1995

3

1

Correspondence: Armitage, Peter; regarding Advances in Biometry

1995-1999

3

2

Correspondence: Balakrishman, N.

1981-2000

3

3

Correspondence: Balakrishman, N.

2000-2008

3

4

 Correspondence: Balakrishnan

1987-1988

3

5

Correspondence: Billard, Lynne

1995-1998

3

6

Correspondence: Binet, Emeric

1972-1996

3

7

 Correspondence: Cady Foster

1977-1979

3

8

Correspondence: Christensen, George

1979-1982

3

9

Correspondence: Cressie, Noel

1984-1999

3

10

Correspondence: David, H.T.

1972-1998

3

11

Correspondence: Editorial Board of Biometrics

1976-1980

4

1

Correspondence: Editorial Board of Council of the Biometric Society

1969-1976

4

2

Correspondence: Edwards, A.W.F.

1971-1999

4

3

Correspondence: Edwards, A.W.F.

1999-2000

4

4

Correspondence: Edwards, A.W.F.

2000-2007

4

5

Correspondence: Failor, William

1973

4

6

Correspondence: Ferguson, Thomas

1959-1961

4

7

Correspondence: Festschrift, Hartley

1976-1979

4

8

Correspondence: Fisher Lecture

1973-1974

4

9

Correspondence: Fox, David

1972-2003

4

10

Correspondence: Gather, Ursula

1984-1991

4

11

Correspondence: Gather, Ursula

1987-1993

5

1

Correspondence: Gather, Ursula

1993-1999

5

2

Correspondence: Gather, Ursula

1999-2008

5

3

Correspondence: Ghosh, Malay

1979

5

4

Correspondence: Greenberg, Bernard

1963-1985

5

5

Correspondence: Groeneveld, Richard

1972-2005

5

6

Correspondence: Grubbs, Frank

1988

5

7

Correspondence: Guilbaud, Oliver

1978-2002

5

8

Correspondence: Hall, Peter

1998

5

9

Correspondence: Hartley, H.O.

1954-2005

5

10

Correspondence: Hinkelmann, Klaus

1999

5

11

Correspondence: Hogg, Robert V.

1985-2002

5

12

Correspondence: Huang, Jims

1981-1996

5

13

Correspondence: Isaacson, Dean

1985-2003

5

14

Correspondence: Johnson, Norman L.

1972-1998

5

15

Correspondence: Journal of the American Statistical Association; keywords

1970-1974

5

16

Correspondence: Kale, B.K.

1986-1987

5

17

Correspondence: Kamps, Udo

1991-1995

6

1

Correspondence: Kempthorne, Oscar

1963-1982

6

2

Correspondence: Kempthorne, Oscar

1982-1983

6

3

Correspondence: Kempthorne, Oscar

1984-2001

6

4

Correspondence: Kendall, James

2007

6

5

Correspondence: Knibbs, Norman

1976

6

6

Correspondence: Koch, Gary G.

1977

6

7

Correspondence: Kotz, Samuel

1975-2004

6

8

Correspondence: Lancaster, Oliver

1956-2002

6

9

Correspondence: Lehman, John, regarding the position of COPSS (Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies) chairman

1972

6

10

Correspondence: Leslie, Rupert

1955-2002

6

11

Correspondence: Lipovetsky, Stan

2003-2004

6

12

Correspondence: Lo, Andrew

1990-1997

6

13

Correspondence: Mallows, Colin

1987, undated

6

14

Correspondence: Mallows, Colin L.

1995-1997

6

15

Correspondence: Matrix Algebra

2000-2006

6

16

Correspondence: Monograph on The Method of Paired Comparisons by H.A. David

1960-1988

6

17

Correspondence: Morrison, Don

1957-1962

6

18

Correspondence: Morrison, Don

1962-1973

7

1

Correspondence: Morrison, Don

1975-2007

7

2

Correspondence: Nagaraja, H.N. (9 color photographs)

1980-2004

7

3

Correspondence: Nagaraja, Haikady

1999-2008

7

4

Correspondence: Nedler, John

1979

7

5

Correspondence: Nemenyi, Peter

1962-2002

7

6

Correspondence: Neyman, J.

1971-1974

7

7

Correspondence: O'Connell, M.J.

1975-1976

7

8

Correspondence: Owen, D.B.

1973-1981

7

9

Correspondence: Park, Sangeen

1997, undated

7

10

Correspondence: Parks, Robert

1973-1974

9

11

Correspondence: Pearson, Egon

1953-1967

9

12

Correspondence: Pearson, Egon

1967-2004

7

11

Correspondence: Pearson, Egon (2 color slides; 2 color photographs; 2 color negatives)

1978-1983

7

12

Correspondence: Phillips, J.P.N.

1969-1972

7

13

Correspondence: Proschan, Frank

1975-1993

7

14

Correspondence: Quesenberry, Charles

1960-2003

7

15

Correspondence: Read, Campbell

1980-1985

7

16

Correspondence: Saunders, Sam C.

1998

7

17

Correspondence: Savage, Richard

1957-2000

8

1

Correspondence: Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

1985-2003

8

2

Correspondence: Schmerling, D.S.

1979-1989,
undated

8

3

Correspondence: Sen, P.K.

1964-1965

8

4

Correspondence: Six, Fred

1982-1985

8

5

Correspondence: Snedecor collection

1933-1980

8

6

Correspondence: Snedecor, George

1974

8

7

Correspondence: Starks, Thomas H.

1979-1987

8

8

Correspondence: Tong, Y.L. regarding manuscript of The Multivariate Normal Distribution

1985-1988

8

9

Correspondence: Tukey, John

1955, undated

8

10

Correspondence: Tukey, John; short courses

1977-1978

8

11

Correspondence: Tukey, Jon

1962-1985

8

12

Correspondence: Turner, Malcom

2003

8

13

Correspondence: Velu, R.P.

1971-1972

8

14

Correspondence: Viana, Marlos

1997

8

15

Correspondence: Watanabe, Yosikatsu

1990-1999

8

16

Correspondence: Watterson, Geoff

1962-1991

8

17

Correspondence: Weissman, Ishay

1980-1993

8

18

Correspondence: Wilks Award

1983

9

8

Formation of the Iowa State Statistics Department and the Period 1972-1984

undated

8

19

Fuller, Wayne: 70th birthday

2001

8

20

Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute

1985, undated

8

21

Information Explosion: Seminar

1974

9

9

International Biometric Society: Eastern North American Region

1997-1998

8

22

ISU Statistics Alumni Dinner in Chicago: Correspondence

1977-1982

8

23

Kempthorne Recognition Committee: ISU

1989

8

24

Lecture: "The Theory of Competing Risks" by H.A. David

1976

8

25

Official appointments into ISU Faculty

1972

8

26

Order Statistics and Parametrics: Theory and Practice Satellite Meeting

1990-1991

8

27

Paired Comparisons: Seminar Course

1985-1987

8

28

Paper: "Statistics in U.S. Universities in 1933 and the Establishment of the Statistical Laboratory at Iowa State"

1998

8

29

Proceedings of Conference on Statistical Methods of Sampling Agricultural Data

1936

8

30

Quantitative Genetics Conference

1975-1978

8

31

Sigma Xi: special report

1993, undated

8

32

Statistics 447, Statistical Theory for Research Workers: Final exams

1989-1995

8

33

Statistics 542, Theory of Probability and Statistics

1986-1990

9

1

Statistics 542, Theory of Probability and Statistics: Notes

1992-1994

9

2

Statistics 543, Theory of Probability and Statistics: Notes

1986-1994

9

3

Statistics 604, Advanced Statistical Methods

1963, undated

9

4

Statistics 604, Advanced Statistical Methods: Final exam, exercises and seminar list

1961, undated

9

5

Statistics Department Analysis: Includes correspondence, reviews, reports and overviews of the Statistics department

1975-1987

9

6

Statistics Laboratory Opening seminar

1972-1983

9

7

Talk on Statistics: Talk with B'nai B'rith, Melbourne

1956

9

10

University of Melbourne Theory of Statistics examinations

1953-1954