Shayle Robert Searle Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 (b. 1928) is Professor Emeritus

Emeritus

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 of Biological Statistics

Biostatistics

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 at Cornell University

Cornell University

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. He is a leader in the field of linear

Linear model

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 and mixed models

Multilevel model

Multilevel models are statistical models of parameters that vary at more than one level...

 in statistics

Statistics

Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....

, and has published widely on the topics of linear models, mixed models, and variance component estimation.

Searle is one of the first statisticians to use matrix algebra

Matrix (mathematics)

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 in statistical methodology, and was an early proponent of the use of applied statistical techniques in animal breeding

Animal breeding

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Education

• B.A.
  Bachelor of Arts
  A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
  
   - Victoria University of Wellington
  Victoria University of Wellington
  Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a former constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is particularly well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, but offers a broad range of other courses...
  
   - 1949
• M.Sc.
  Master of Science
  A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
  
   - Victoria University of Wellington - 1950
• Ph.D. - Cornell University - 1958
• D.Sc.
  Doctor of Science
  Doctor of Science , usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D. or Dr.Sc., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. In some countries Doctor of Science is the name used for the standard doctorate in the sciences, elsewhere the Sc.D...
  
   (h.c.
  Honorary degree
  An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations...
  
  ) - Victoria University of Wellington - 2005

Employment

• Research Statistician - New Zealand Dairy Board - 1953 to 1955, 1959 to 1962
• Statistician - University Computing Center, Cornell University - 1962 to 1965
• Professor of Biological Statistics - Cornell University - 1965 to 1996

Honors

• Winner, Humboldt Research Award
  The Humboldt Prize
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   of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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• Fellow, American Statistical Association
  American Statistical Association
  The American Statistical Association , is the main professional US organization for statisticians and related professions. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 1839, and is the second oldest, continuously operating professional society in the United States...
  
  
• Fellow, Royal Statistical Society
  Royal Statistical Society
  The Royal Statistical Society is a learned society for statistics and a professional body for statisticians in the UK.-History:It was founded in 1834 as the Statistical Society of London , though a perhaps unrelated London Statistical Society was in existence at least as early as 1824...
  
  
• Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand
  Royal Society of New Zealand
  The Royal Society of New Zealand , known as the New Zealand Institute before 1933, was established in 1867 to co-ordinate and assist the activities of a number of regional research societies including the Auckland Institute, the Wellington Philosophical Society, the Philosophical Institute of...
  
  , 1999

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