Author: Joseph Lewis Gastwirth
Alternate names: Joe Gastwirth, Joe L. Gastwirth, Joe Lewis Gastwirth, Joseph Gastwirth, Joseph L. Gastwirth
Born: 1 August 1939
Bio: **Joseph “Joe” Lewis Gastwirth:** Professor of Statistics and Economics, Department of Statistics, George Washington University (July 1972 – present)

## Education ##
 - 1958: B.S., Mathematics (1/summa cum laude), Yale University
 - 1960: M.A., Pure Mathematics, Princeton University
 - 1963: Ph.D., Mathematical Statistics, Columbia University
    - Thesis: “On Some Problems in the Theory of Particle Counting and Queues with Infinitely Many Servers” (supervisor: Professor Ph.D. Lajos Takács)

## Profession ##

 - September 1963 – June 1964: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Statistics, Stanford University
 - July 1964 – June 1967: Assistant Professor
 - July 1967 – June 1972: Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Johns Hopkins University
 - September 1970 – June 1971: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
 - July 1971 - June 1972: Visiting Faculty Advisor, Office of Statistical Policy, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C. 20503
 - July 1972 – present: Professor of Statistics and Economics, Department of Statistics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052
 - January – June 1979: Visiting Professor of Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Cambridge, MA 02139
 - March 1981 – January 1986: Statistical Consultant, Office of Information and Regulatory Analysis, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503
 - September 1985 – June 1986: Visiting Scholar (Guggenheim Foundation Fellow), University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616
 - June 1999 – July 2000: Visiting Scientist, Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD 20892

*Sources:* [Homepage][1]; [Oxford Journals][2]


  [1]: http://home.gwu.edu/~jlgast/cv.html
  [2]: http://lpr.oxfordjournals.org/content/8/2/69.extract