Emanuel and Carol Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation
The Parzen Prize is awarded by the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M University and named for Dr. Emanuel Parzen, a longtime distinguished professor of statistics at Texas A&M who passed away February 6, 2016. Established through the Texas A&M Foundation and first awarded in 1994 to recognize Parzen’s 65th birthday, it is presented in even-numbered years to a North American statistician whose outstanding research contributions include innovations that have had impact on practice and whose Ph.D degree is at least 25 years old.
Recipients are selected by the members of the Parzen Prize Committee (consisting of three internal faculty members and two external faculty members). The prize consists of a $1,000 honorarium and travel expenses to College Station to present a lecture at the Parzen Prize Ceremony.
Past Winners
- 2024 - Christian Genest
- 2022 – Herman Chernoff and Peter McCullagh
- 2018 – Bin Yu
- 2016 – William S. Cleveland
- 2014 – Trevor J. Hastie
- 2012 – Adrian E. Raftery
- 2010 – Roger Koenker
- 2008 – Nancy Reid
- 2008 – Marvin Zelen
- 2006 – Alan E. Gelfand
- 2004 – Jerome H. Friedman
- 2002 – David R. Brillinger
- 2000 – C. R. Rao
- 1998 – Bradley Efron
- 1996 – Donald B. Rubin
- 1994 – Grace Wahba
History and Goals of the Emanuel & Carol Parzen Prize for Statistical Innovation
Pictures for Interview with Emanuel Parzen
A Last Lecture 1949-2009: Quantiles are “Optimal”
The Department of Statistics at Texas A&M University would like to express its appreciation to those who by their gifts support the Emanuel and Carol Parzen Fund through the Texas A&M Foundation.