The William S. Connor Award is presented to the graduate student whom the faculty deems the most outstanding among those students passing the preliminary examinations during the current year. Thus, a winner is not selected until the beginning of the year following the year designated on the award. The award reads: Presented by the faculty of the Department of Statistics to outstanding Ph.D. candidates in memory of a former colleague Dr. William S. Connor scholar, teacher, and gentleman.
1967- B. R. Waldron | 1996- Jeffrey D. Maca |
1968- F. M. Speed | 1997- Christian Galindo |
1969- J. H. Matis | 1998- Birgir Hrafnkelsson |
1970- A. H. Feiveson | 1999- Christopher Shane Reese |
1971- M. D. McKay | 2000- Chunfeng Huang |
1973- R. L. Kodell | 2001- Stanley Pounds |
1974- L. D. Gianchetta | 2002- Daniel P. Gaile |
1975- R. K. Burdick | 2003- Tanya Apanasovich |
1976- David A. Lamb | 2004- Christie Spinka |
1977- Paul P. Biemer | 2005- Yehua Li |
1978- Randall L. Eubank | 2006- Arnab Maity |
1979- J. Richard Alldredge | 2007- Brad Barney |
1980- William J. Riley | 2007- Kristin Lennox |
1981- T. J. Woodfield | 2009- Xiaolei Xun |
1982- Philip C. Spector | 2010- Tanya Garcia |
1983- Anne T. Coleman | 2011- Qifan Song |
1984- Edgar W. Richardson | 2012- Kun Su |
1985- Katherine M. Ensor | 2013- Ya Su |
1985- Ronald H. Berdine | 2014- Jingnan Xue |
1986- Julia U. Oñate | 2015- Kejun He |
1987- Scott D. Grimshaw | 2015- Shiyuan He |
1988- William P. Alexander | 2016- Yabo Niu |
1989- Jangsun Baek | 2017- Zijuan Chen |
1990- James W. Hardin | 2018- Yan Zhong |
1991- Cheng Cheng | 2019- Zhao Tang Luo |
1992- Huay-Min Pu | 2020- Myeongjong Kang |
1993- Stephen Eckert | 2021- Hyunwoong Chang |
1994- Qinli Yu | |
1995- Andy Liaw |