Date of birth: 1 August 1939
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**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

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