International Activities:
- Statistician, Allied Mission to Observe the Greek Elections, January-April 1946; July-October 1946
- Consultant in sampling to the Government of India, January and February 1947; December 1951;
- Adviser in sampling techniques to the Supreme Command of the Allied Powers, Tokyo, 1947 and 1950
- Teacher and consultant to Japanese industry, through the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1965
- Member of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Statistical Sampling, 1947-52
- Consultant to the Census of Mexico, to the Bank of Mexico, and to the Ministry of Economy, 1954, 1955
- Consultant, Statistisches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden, 1953
- Consultant to the Central Statistical Office of Turkey, 1959-1962
- Lecturer, London School of Economics, March 1964
- Lecturer, Institut de Statistique de l'Universite de Paris, March 1964
- Consultant to the China Productivity Center, Taiwan, 1970, 1971
- Lecturer in Santiago, Córdoba (Argentina), and Buenos Aires, under the auspices of the Inter American Statistical Institute, 1971.
HONORS
- Taylor Key award, American Management Association, 1983
- The Deming prize was instituted by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers and is awarded each year in Japan to a statistician for contributions to statistical theory. The Deming prize for application is awarded to a company for improved use of statistical theory in organization, consumer research, design of product and production
- Recipient of the Second Order Medal of the Sacred Treasure, from the Emperor of Japan, 1960, for improvement of quality and of Japanese economy, through the statistical control of quality
- Recipient of the Shewhart Medal for 1955, from the American Society for Quality Control
- Inducted into the Science and Technology Hall of Fame, Dayton, 1986
- In 1980, the Metropolitan section of the American Society for Quality Control established the annual Deming Medal for the improvement of quality and productivity
- Recipient of the Samuel S. Wilks Award from the American Statistical Association in 1983
- Recipient of the Distinguished Career in Science award from the National Academy of Sciences in 1988
- Recipient of the National Medal of Technology from President Reagan in 1987
My personal relation with Deming.