Email: htamura(at)u.washington.edu
Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Box: 353226
Seattle, WA 98195-3226
A human being is basically a vulnerable creature with many serious limitations. But with proper tools, a person can achieve a lot and do wonders for the benefits of society. In fact, the progress of mankind has been powered by inventing proper tools for overcoming these human limitations and democratizing these tools through education. I believe statistics is that tool set in this age of abundant data and complex environment.
Hirokuni Tamura
- Professor Emeritus of Quantitative Methods
Education
- PhD University of Michigan (1967)
- BS University of Michigan (1960)
- BA Waseda University (1957)
Current Research
- Repositioning business statistics curriculum
Positions Held
- At the University of Washington since 1967
Consulting
- CGC Group in Japan
- Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
- Cartono, Botzer, Larson and Birkholz.
Honors and Awards
- Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award in Scholarship (1988).
Academic Service
- Certificate of International Studies in Business - Japan Track Advisor
- Global Partnership, Quality, Information Systems, 1998
- INFORMS Seattle - Cluster Chair. Panel on Nonstandard Mixtures of Distributions, The National Research Council, 1986-1989