Billard, Lynne (1943 - )

Summary

Lynne Billard has worked to involve statisticians in solving problems of modern society. Her work on the incubation period of AIDS has impacted greatly on public health education. Billard has been president of the world's two largest statistical societies.

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Chronology

1966

Education - Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of New South Wales

1969

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales

1975 - 1980

Career position - Associate Professor at Florida State University, USA

1980 -

Career position - Professor of Statistics, University of Georgia, USA

1980 - 1984

Career position - Head of Computer Science, University of Georgia, USA

1980 - 1989

Career position - Head of Statistics, University of Georgia, USA

1989 - 1991

Career position - Associate Dean of the University of Georgia, USA

1992 -

Career position - University Professor (Distinguished Chair), University of Georgia, USA

1994 - 1995

Career position - President, International Biometric Society

1996

Career position - President, American Statistical Association

1999

Award - Alumni Award, University of New South Wales

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15428905. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/36998856. Details
• 'Billard, L (1943-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1080580. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details