Gani, Joseph Mark (1924 - 2016)

Summary

Joseph Mark Gani had a career that spanned four countries: Egypt, England, the USA and Australia. He spent the longest periods at the University of Sheffield (1965-1974) and as Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics (1974-1981). His research areas include probability and statistics and modelling of epidemics.

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Chronology

1942 - 1945

Career position - Science teacher, The English School, Cairo

1947

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), Imperial College, London

1947 - 1948

Career position - Demonstrator in Applied Mathematics, Imperial College, London

1948

Education - Diploma of Imperial College (DIC), Imperial College, London

1948 - 1950

Career position - Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, University of Melbourne

1951

Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics, Birkbeck College, London

1952 - 1953

Career position - School teacher for the Victorian Department of Education

1953 - 1957

Career position - Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Western Australia

1955

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University

1956

Career position - Founding Member, Australian Mathematical Society

1957 - 1959

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Statistics, University of Western Australia

1959 - 1960

Career position - Reader in Mathematical Statistics, University of Western Australia

1961 - 1964

Career position - Senior Fellow in Statistics, Australian National University

1964 -

Career position - Founding Editor, Journal of Applied Probability

1964 - 1965

Career position - Professor, Department of Statistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.A.

1965 - 1974

Career position - Professor, Department of Probability and Statistics, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

1967 - 1974

Career position - Director, Manchester-Sheffield School of Probability and Statistics

1970

Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of London

1973 - 1974

Career position - Deputy Dean, Faculty of Pure Science, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

1974 - 1981

Career position - Chief of Division, CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics

1976 - 2016

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1978 - 1980

Career position - President, Australian Mathematical Society

1981 - 1985

Career position - Professor of Statistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, U.S.A.

1982 - 2016

Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Statistical Society Honorary Fellow, Royal Statistical Society

1985 - 1989

Career position - Professor and Chairman, Statistics and Probability Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

1988

Award - Festschrift published in his honour by the Statistical Society of Australia (Australian Journal of Statistics vol. 30B)

1989

Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

1989 - 1991

Career position - Professor, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

1990 - 1991

Career position - Acting Chairman, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

1991

Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Wollongong

1991 - 1996

Career position - Visiting Fellow, Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University

1994

Award - Pitman Medal, Statistical Society of Australia

1994

Life event - Retired

1994 - 2016

Career position - Emeritus Professor, Department of Statistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.

1994 - 2016

Award - Fellow, Australian Mathematical Society

1995

Award - International Conference on Applied Probability and Time Series was in honour of Gani and the late E.J. Hannan (qv)

2000

Award - Moyal Medal, Department of Mathematics, Macquarie University

26 January 2000

Award - Appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

01 January 2001

Award - Awarded the Centenary Medal

Related entries

Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'Obituaries: Joseph Mark Gani AM FAA', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter, 104 (2016). https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/australian-academy-science-newsletter-104/obituaries. Details
• Anon, 'Publications of J. Gani', Australian and New Zealand journal of statistics, 34 (A1) (1988), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.1988.tb00459.x. Details
• Daley, Daryl J., 'Joseph Mark Gani 15 December 1924 to 12 April 2016', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 44 (4) (2017), 225-30. Details
• Gani, J., 'Some aspects in the development of statistics in Australia', Australian Journal of Statistics, 18 (1/2) (1976), 1-20. Details
• Gani, J., 'Obituary: Edward James Hannan', Journal of Applied Probability, 31 (1994), 857-66. Details
• Gani, J., 'Obituary: Edward James Hannan', Australian Journal of Statistics, 36 (1) (1994), 1-8. Details
• Gani, J. M., 'Edward James Hannan, 1921-1994', Historical Records of Australian Science, 10 (2) (1994), 173-185, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9941020173. Details
• Gani, J. M.; and Seneta, E., 'Christopher Charles Heyde, AM, DSc, FAA, FAASA', Journal of Applied Probability, 41A (Special issue) (2004), vii-x. Details
• Gani, J.; and Seneta, E., 'Obituary: Christopher Charles Heyde AM, DSc, FAA, FASSA', Journal of Applied Probability, 45 (2008), 587-92. Details
• Gani, Joe, 'Moran's Department of Statistics at the ANU, 1952 - 1982', Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, 33 (3) (2006), 167-71. Details
• Heyde, C., 'A conversation with Joe Gani', Statistical Science, 10 (1995), 214-30. Details
• Seneta, E., 'Obituary: Joseph Mark Gani AM, DSc, FAA, FASSA', Journal of Applied Probability, 54 (2017), 1-11. Details
• Seneta, E.; and Gani, J. M., 'Christopher Charles Heyde 1939- 2008', Historical Records of Australian Science, 20 (1) (2009), 67-90 , https://doi.org/10.1071/HR09004. Details
• Seneta, Eugene, 'Joseph Mark Gani, 1924 - 2016', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, series A, 179 (4) (2016), 1120-2. Details
• Seneta, Eugene, 'Joseph Mark Gani 1924 - 2016', Historical Records of Australian Science, 30 (1) (2019), 31-41. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR18014. Details
• Speed, T. P., 'The role of statisticians in CSIRO: past, present and future', Australian Journal of Statistics, 30 (B) (1988), 15-34. Details

Newspaper Articles

• Moran, M., 'Joe Gani: Mathematician, ideas man, and innovator', Sydney Morning Herald (2016). https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/joe-gani-mathematician-ideas-man-and-innovator-20160915-grgw5d.html. Details

Resources

• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/22693480. Details
• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q65679761. Details
• 'Gani, J (1924-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-829919. Details

Resource Sections

• Seneta, Eugene, 'Interview with Joe Gani', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2008, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/g/gani.html. Details

See also

• Heyde, C. C., 'Patrick Alfred Pierce Moran 1917-1988', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (1) (1992), 17-30. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920910017. Details