GEORGE C. TIAO

EDUCATION:

1955 B.A. in Economics, National Taiwan University
1958 M.B.A. in Banking and Finance, New York University
1962 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin
(Title of thesis: Bayesian Analysis of Statistical Assumptions)

HONORS:

1961-62 Awarded the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship
1973 Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association
1974 Elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
1976 Elected Member of Academia Sinica
1980 Elected Member of International Statistical Institute
1989- Honorary Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai
1992- Honorary Professor, Yunnan University, Kunming
1993 Distinguished Service Medal, by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Taipei
2001 Julius Shiskin Award, by the Washington Statistical Society, the National Association for Business Economics, and the  American Statistical Association
2001 Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Medal Award, by the American Statistical Association
2002 Honorary Professor, Peking University, Beijing
2003 Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Carlos III De Madrid
2003 Honorary Doctorate, National Tsing Hua University
2005 Statistician of the Year Award, by the Chicago  Chapter of the American Statistical Association
2005 2005 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award, member  of a research 'Tiger' Team given the award by the EPA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1962-65 Assistant Professor of Statistics and Commerce, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1965-66 Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
1966-68 Associate Professor of Statistics and Business, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1968-81 Professor of Statistics and Business, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1970-71 Visiting Professor, University of Essex, Colchester, England
1973-75 Chairman, Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1975-76 Visiting Chair Professor, National Taiwan University, Taipei
1980-81 Visiting Ford Foundation Professor of Statistics, University of Chicago
1981-82 Bascom Professor of Statistics and Business, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1982-97 W. Allen Wallis Professor of Statistics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
1987-94 Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei
1996 Visiting Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin Chu
1997-03 W. Allen Wallis Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
2001 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Guang Hua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing
2002- Distinguished Research Fellow, Xian Statistical Research Institute, Xian
2003- W. Allen Wallis Professor of Econometrics and Statistics (emeritus), Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

Associate Editor, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 1976-81
Member, Review Board, American Statistical Association/Bureau of the Census Research Project 1978-87
Chairman, Business and Economics Section, American Statistical Association, 1980-81
Member, Ad Hoc Emergency Committee, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1979-81
Senior Advisor, Bureau of Statistics, Taipei 1976-
Member, Technical Council, Air Pollution Control Association 1976-81
Member of Council, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1979-83
Member, U.S. Census Advisory Committee, 1979-85
Associate Editor, Journal of Time Series Analysis, 1980-88
Associate Editor, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1981-88
Member, NSF Panel for the Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, 1983-90 (Chair, 1986 and 1990)
Member, Board of Academic Advisors, Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1982-; Chair, 1994-96
Member, Finance Committee, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 1984-87
Member, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, National Research Council, 1985-88
Nominating Committee, American Statistical Association, 1988-89
Member, International Committee, American Statistical Association, 1990-93
Founding President, International Chinese Statistical Association, 1987-88
Founding Chair Editor, Statistica Sinica, 1988-93
Member, Review Board, Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Exchange, 1989-91, 1993-98, 2000-2002
Member, Board of Academic Advisors, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1991-
Advisor, Chung Hua Institution of Economic Research, Taipei, 1985-
Advisor, National Statistical Bureau, Beijing, 1992-
Member of Council, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1993-
Chair, Search Committee for Editor of Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, 1994
Advisor, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsin Chu, 1994-97
Member, Advisory Committee, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, National Health Research Institute, Taipei, 1996-, Chair 1996-2001
Member, Wilks Memorial Medal Committee, American Statistical Association, 1997-99
Principal Advisor, Quantitative Finance Program, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin Chu 1997-
President, Chinese Economic Association in North America, 1999
Member, Advisory Board, School of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University, Hsin-Chu, 1999-
Member, Advisory Board, Econometric Theory, 1999-
Member, Advisory Board, University Centers for Excellence Program, Ministry of Education, Taipei, 1999-
Chair, Advisory Committee, Department of Business Statistics and Econometrics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing, 2001-
Chair, International Relations Committee, American Statistical Association, 2003-

MEMBERSHIPS:

Royal Statistical Society
Institute of Mathematical Statistica
American Statistical Association
Chinese Statistical Association, Taipei
International Statistical Institute
International Chinese Statistical Association