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f s `~Vilson of Brookline; two sisters, the Rev. Eleanor WiI- son of Anahola, Hawaii, and Dr. Jane Wilson Hall of Calais, Nlaine; and two brothers, Dr. Perrin T. Wilson of Cambridbe and Dr. Theodore W. Wilson of Baltimore, Maryland. In a review of the Rukeyser biography of Willard Gibbs (Science 99:386-389, 1944)• Professor Wilson wrote: "It was my privilege as a young man to become ac- quainted with a considerable number of distinguished scholars of the generation of Willard Gibbs who seemed to me to be much alike in their simplicity, dignity and friend- lines,t-gentleman of the old school we youngsters called them. T hey did'not wish to be hero-worshipped, they were not patronizing; they did not proselytize, they were living examples of what the best in university life has been, is now, and will be so long as there are youth who are in- spired by such examples to try to become in all simplicity worthy successors to them:' Certainly, Professor Wilson was himself an example of the best in university life. Jane Worcester, Harvard University Alexander D. Langmuir, M. D., Chief, Epidemiology Branch, ; Kenichi Koyanagi The world of statistical methods in industry lost a great leader in the death of Kenichi Koyanagi on 16 January 1965. If any one man was responsible for the ad- vance of quality of Japanese product dating from the year 1950, that man was Koyanagi. Although he majored in German literature at the Uni- versity of Tokyo, he turned his attention, after the war, to the needs of his country and perceived how necessary it would be for Japan to depend henceforth on exports. He heard of the statistical control of quality and per- ceived that in its broad aspects, it was precisely what Japan needed. As manager of the Union of Japanese Scientists 'and C ~\, 'uE E R 11. OJIADPORTUNITY UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE . COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CENTER for MATHEMATICAL STATISTICIAN $19,000-$22,000 To serve as chief statistician for an extensive program . of investigation, surveillance, and control of communi- cable diseases in the nation; direct staff of 10 profes- sional statisticians; collect and analyze national mor- bidity and mortality data; conduct epidemiological surveys; teach biostatistics to Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers; apply epidemic theory to practical con- trol problems; guide development of computer services for the Communicable Disease Center. Requires Ph.D. or Sc.D. and 4 years of broad responsi- ble and relevant experience. Headquarters on campus Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Moderate travel in nation and overseas. Equal employment oppor- tnnity and full Federal civil service benefits. Interested applicants should write to: Communicable Disease Center, PHS, DHEW Atlanta, Georgia 30333 : Proceedings -o the 34th Session INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Engineers, supported by industry, he invited lecturers ' , from the U. S. and elsewhere, conducted courses at all levels, including top management, put out books, and... commenced publication of books and journals at differ- ent levels of sophistication. His organization instituted the Deming Prize, which has been in large measure re= sponsible for the competition amongst Japanese com- panies, a reward given annually to a manufacturing con- . cern for the most outstanding improvement of quality . through statistical methods, and a sum of money to a•. Japanese statistician for work in theory and application. lie was recipient of the Edwards Medal from the American Society for Quality Control in 1963. He was a leader in forming the Tokyo Chapter of the American Society for Quality Control in '1952. This was an ex- ample of his vision to see the advantages of tying in with a large existing organization.. •(W. Edwards Deming) 100 scientific papers deal with problems of interest to statisticians and economists. They describe too the latest techniques and methods developed in various parts of the world. 2-.Volume set, $30.00. ' UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS-, Toronto 5, Canada Books for the United States shJpped Jrom our Brooklyn warehouse .