List of presidents of the Royal Statistical Society
The President of the Royal Statistical Society is the head of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), elected biennially by the Fellows of the Society. (The time-period between elections has varied in the past, and in fact elections only rarely occur.).
The President oversees the running of the Society and chairs its council meetings. In recent years, almost all presidents have been nominated following many years' service to the Society, although some have been nominated to mark their eminence in society generally, such as Harold Wilson.
There has only been one contested election in the Society's history; in 1977, many fellows objected to the nomination by the Council of Campbell Adamson because he was not a statistician, was said to have made derogatory comments about statisticians, and principally because in the previous year he had been defeated in an election to the Council of the Society, and fellows felt that he was being foisted upon the Society by the current 'establishment' in an essentially undemocratic fashion. Henry Wynn was nominated by several fellows (including Adrian Smith, himself later president, and Philip Dawid) and won the election.
In 2010, Bernard Silverman stepped down very early in his presidential term. This was due to being appointed as chief scientific advisor to the home office which presented a conflict of interest as the society sometimes issues expert statements on statistical matters in public life.
Despite women being elected fellows from 1858, only three have been president of the society. The current president-elect is Sir David Spiegelhalter.
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Honorary Presidents
Three Princes of Wales have been Honorary President:
- 1872 - 1901 Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII)
- 1902 - 1910 George, Prince of Wales (later George V)
- 1921 - 1936 Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII)
List of presidents
19th Century
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20th Century
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21st Century
- 2001–2003 Peter Green
- 2003–2005 Andy Grieve
- 2005–2007 Tim Holt
- 2008–2009 David Hand
- 2010 - 2010 Bernard Silverman (resigned Feb 2010; replaced pro tem by David Hand)
- 2011 - 2012 Valerie Isham[1]
- 2013 - 2014 John Pullinger[2]
- 2014 - Peter Diggle[3]
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