Richard B. McHugh
Richard Burton McHugh (October 25, 1923 – June 1, 2016) was an American statistician. McHugh was a professor of biometry at University of Minnesota School of Public Health for over 30 years. Early life and education. McHugh was from Ames, Iowa. He earned a bachelor of arts in statistics with a minor in mathematics, magna cum laude, in 1944 from University of Minnesota. He completed a master of arts in 1949. McHugh earned a doctor of philosophy at University of Minnesota in 1954. His dissertation was titled "On the scaling of psychological data by latent structure analysis". His  advisors were Leonid Hurwicz and Jacob Bearman. Career. McHugh was on the faculty at University of Minnesota School of Public Health for over 30 years. He was a professor of biometry. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1967. Personal life. He was married to Rosemary. McHugh had 2 daughters and 3 sons. He was preceded in death by his wife, daughter and 10 siblings.