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	Biography of Walter A Shewhart
		Shewhart stressed that bringing a production process into a state of "statistical control", where there is only chance-cause variation, and keeping it in control, is necessary to predict future output and to manage a process economically.
		Shewhart worked to advance the thinking at Bell Telephone Laboratories from their foundation in 1925 until his retirement in 1956, publishing a series of papers in the Bell System Technical Journal.
		Shewhart’s charts were adopted by the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) in 1933 and advocated to improve production during World War II in American War Standards Z1.1-1941, Z1.2-1941 and Z1.3-1942.
	www.sigma-engineering.co.uk /light/shewhartbiog.htm (511 words)

	ASQ: About: Walter A. Shewhart
		Most of Shewhart’s professional career was spent as an engineer at Western Electric from 1918 to 1924, and at Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he served in several capacities as a member of the technical staff from 1925 until his retirement in 1956.
		In a series of tributes to Shewhart published in Industrial Quality Control in August 1967, the most striking comment from the contributors—many of whom were themselves important figures in the development of the quality control field—was their respect for Shewhart’s gentlemanly approach and sincere interest in the work and concerns of others.
		Shewhart’s legacy lives in mementos of him—a simple bowl and some numbered chips, a bronze medal, some books and writings—it lives in the succession of other prominent individuals he influenced, and it lives in the society of professionals who carry on the work he started.
	www.asq.org /about-asq/who-we-are/bio_shewhart.html (976 words)

	Curious Cat Deming Connections by John Hunter - Dr. W. Edwards Deming
		In 1924, Shewhart framed the problem in terms of assignable-cause and chance-cause variation (now refered to as special cause and common cause variation) and introduced the control chart as a tool for distinguishing between the two.
		Shewhart's approach to statistics was radically different from that of many of his contemporaries.
		During the 1990s, Shewhart's ideas was put to use by a third generation of industrial managers as they adopt the Six Sigma approach to management.
	curiouscat.com /guides/shewhartbio.cfm (1001 words)

	Shewhart biography
		The Bell Telephone Laboratories were founded in 1925 and Shewhart moved to them when the Laboratories opened and worked there until his retirement in 1956.
		Although working in industry for the whole of his career, Shewhart kept links with academic institutions being a lecturer in applied statistics at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Holboken in 1930, lecturing at the University of London in 1932 and at the United States Agricultural Graduate School in 1938.
		The act of awarding the medal focuses the spotlight of public attention on the recipient, revealing in clear light the qualities that have won for him the esteem of his peers.
	www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk /history/Biographies/Shewhart.html (1319 words)

	ASQ: About: W. Edwards Deming
		In what is probably the first application of statistical quality control principles to a non-manufacturing problem, Deming brought Shewhart's principles into use on clerical operations for the 1940 census.
		In 1942, while at the Bureau of the Census, Deming was retained as a consultant to the Secretary of War and was asked by W. Allen Wallis, a statistician at Stanford University, for ideas on ways to aid the war effort.
		Statistical techniques, in their ability to aid the discovery of causes, are creating a science of management and a science of administration," he said in accepting ASQ's Shewhart Medal for 1955.
	www.asq.org /about-asq/who-we-are/bio_deming.html (1192 words)

	RCS, Inc.
		Shewhart introduced the “control chart” as a tool to distinguish the frequency of failures and repairs.
		In the 1930’s Shewhart’s work led him to fundamental scientific and philosophical issues surrounding the idea of operationalism, which led to his review of the measurement of the speed of light.
		In appreciation of Walter Shewhart’s work and developments, the Shewhart Medal is awarded annually to an organization which has “demonstrated the most outstanding technical leadership in the field of modern quality control, especially through the development to its theory, principles, and techniques…”
	www.4rcs.com /shewhart.html (367 words)

	News Story \| Virginia Tech News \| Virginia Tech
		The ASQ awards the Shewhart Medal to the person who has made the most outstanding contribution to the science and techniques of quality control or who has demonstrated leadership in the field of modern quality control.
		Geoffrey Vining, head of the Department of Statistics, said "the Shewhart Medal is the American Society for Quality's highest award for technical contributions to the field of quality over the span of a career."
		Shewhart is considered to be the Father of Statistical Quality Control.
	www.vtnews.vt.edu /story.php?relyear=2003&itemno=222 (505 words)

	One on One by Dennis Elam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Deming said that Shewhart’s genius was in knowing when to act and when to leave something alone.
		The American Association for Quality Control was formed in February 1946, and Deming was a charter member and in 1956 received their Shewhart medal.
		They were taken with Shewhart’s theories, and Deming was invited to lecture to them in March 1950.
	www.oaoa.com /oil/elam020700.htm (970 words)

	Genichi Taguchi at AllExperts
		However, Taguchi realised that in much industrial production, there is a need to produce an outcome on target, for example, to machine a hole to a specified diameter or to manufacture a cell to produce a given voltage.
		He also realised, as had Walter A. Shewhart and others before him, that excessive variation lay at the root of poor manufactured quality and that reacting to individual items inside and outside specification was counter-productive.
		Much of his work was carried out in isolation from the mainstream of Western statistics and, while this may have facilitated his creativity, much of the technical detail of Taguchi methods and its benfits to experimentation and research is only now being studied in the West.
	en.allexperts.com /e/g/ge/genichi_taguchi.htm (1633 words)

	Curious Cat Deming Connections by John Hunter - Dr. W. Edwards Deming
		In 1924, Shewhart framed the problem in terms of assignable-cause and chance-cause variation (now refered to as special cause and common cause variation) and introduced the control chart as a tool for distinguishing between the two.
		Deming developed some of Shewhart's methodological proposals around scientific inference and named his synthesis the Shewhart cycle (also know as the PDSA cycle PDCA cycle and Deming Cycle).
		During the 1990s, Shewhart's ideas was put to use by a third generation of industrial managers as they adopt the Six Sigma approach to management.
	www.curiouscat.com /guides/shewhartbio.cfm (1001 words)

	Holley Medal - Society Awards
		The Holley Medal was established in 1924 to honor Alexander Lyman Holley, charter member of ASME.
		This medal commemorates Alexander Lyman Holley (1832-1882), who chaired the first meeting of ASME’s founders, Feb. 16, 1880, and was the principal author of the Society’s first by-laws.
		In 1973, eligibility for this award was amended to recognize more than one individual for a single achievement, provided that each individual made an equal or comparable contribution.
	www.asme.org /Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/Holley_Medal.cfm (187 words)

	information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Deming became known as an expert on sampling and was hired away from the Department of Agriculture in the late 1930s to help the Census Bureau institute a new sampling approach for collecting census data.
		As a student of Shewhart, he learned that the statistical tools used at the plant were equally applicable at the office.
		He and others working with him taught Shewhart's statistical techniques to thirty-one thousand engineers who were involved in the production of war material.
	www.snqc.org /INFORMATION/QLT_leaders/Edwards.htm (1859 words)

	ASQ Awards Ten Medals of Distinction, American Society For Quality
		Freund-Marquardt Medal - Presented to Edward G. Schilling, professor emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y. " A recognized leader in writing precise, correct, and very clear quality management standards." This medal is awarded to an individual who has applied quality principles to the development, implementation, and literature of management standards.
		Lancaster Medal - Presented to Manu Vora, chairman and president, Business Excellence, Inc., Naperville, Ill. " For his outstanding leadership, dedication, and contributions in educating, promoting, and writing about quality management principles and practices." The Lancaster Medal is awarded to the individual recognized for dedication and outstanding contributions to the international fraternity of quality professionals.
		Shewhart Medal - Awarded to Norman R. Draper, professor emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
	news.thomasnet.com /companystory/487740/fyi (526 words)

	Cornell Wins 2001 Shewhart Medal
		Congratulations to John Cornell, who was named the winner of the 2001 Shewhart Medal, awarded by the ASQ.
		The Shewhart Medal is awarded for technical leadership:
		The Shewhart Medal committee may designate, not more often than once each year, that nominee, not previously so designated, who is deemed by it to have demonstrated the most outstanding technical leadership in the field of modern quality control, especially through the development to its theory, principles, and techniques...
	www.stat.ufl.edu /shewhart-2001.html (98 words)

	Re: Shewhart Medal Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		All medal and award nominations had to be submitted by 1 February 99 for the Awards Board to consider.
		In the usual manner of things, the Award Board is very active and we expect a decision soon on all medals and awards.
		As soon as the chairman of each committee is notified of the Award Board decision, the chairman communicates with each candidate advising them of the decision.
	deming.eng.clemson.edu /pub/den/archive/99.02/msg00125.html (321 words)

	CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT:
		Quality improvement icons like W. Edwards Deming, Walter Shewhart, and J.M. Juran have introduced the concepts of quality improvement to American industry over the past fifty years, and largely, were responsible for renewing the competitiveness of American industry.
		Shewhart Walter Andrew Shewhart was born 18 March 1891 in New Canton, Illinois.
		Shewhart applied what he learned about statistical techniques in graduate school to the task of producing a consistently high-quality telephone.
	www.case.edu /med/epidbio/mphp439/CQI.htm (8138 words)

	Deming: Biography
		Recipient of the Second Order Medal of the Sacred Treasure, from the Emperor of Japan, 1960, for improvement of quality and of Japanese economy, through the statistical control of quality.
		Recipient of the Shewhart Medal for 1955, from the American Society for Quality Control.
		Recipient of the National Medal of Technology from President Reagan in 1987.
	www.deming.org /theman/biography.html (763 words)

	Walter and Edna Shewhart
		Darin reminded me that his middle name is Walter, which he thought could be in honor of Walter Shewhart, and that he believed Walter and Edna were friends of some family members a few generations back.
		The Shewharts were a third set of grandparents to me (more so than your granddads' parents were).
		The Shewharts are the ones who footed the bill for me to go to France during the summer after my Junior year of high school, via The Experiment in International Living (which is still active).
	www.statisticool.com /shewhart.htm (909 words)

	RCS, Inc., The Re-Invention of Quality
		He believed that Shewhart’s principles could be equally applied to non-manufacturing processes.
		He applied Shewhart's concepts to his work at the National Bureau of the Census.
		In 1956, Deming was awarded the Shewhart medal by the American Society for Quality Control.
	www.4rcs.com /quality_part_2.html (454 words)

	College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		William Meeker, Distinguished Professor of liberal arts and sciences and professor of statistics at Iowa State University, has been awarded the Shewhart Medal from the American Society for Quality.
		At the same time, the long-time Iowa State faculty member has also been named a Fellow of that organization.
		The Shewhart Medal is awarded for technical leadership to an individual "who is deemed to have demonstrated the most outstanding technical leadership in the field of modern quality control, especially through the development of its theory, principles and techniques."
	www.las.iastate.edu /newnews/meeker.shtml (399 words)

	amsup.com - The American Supplier Institute
		In 1986, he received the Willard F. Rockwell Medal for combining engineering and statistical methods to achieve rapid improvements in cost and quality by optimizing product design and manufacturing processes.
		He received the Blue Ribbon Award from the Emperor of Japan in 1990 for his contribution to industry, and the Shewhart Medal from the ASQC in 1996.
		In 1997, Dr. Taguchi was elected as an Honorary Member of the ASQC, an honor bestowed only 16 other times in over 50 years, and is only the third Japanese to be inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan.
	www.amsup.com /BIOS/g_taguchi.html (253 words)

	Tunnell Consulting
		He has more than 25 years' experience, holds a host of awards and honors, and has published more than 140 articles on process improvement, quality, management and statistics.
		He is a former winner of the American Society for Quality's Shewhart Medal, its highest honor, and has also won ASQ's Eugene L. Grant Medal for his continuous contributions to quality education and research.
		We help clients create a strong yet flexible roadmap that pinpoints a company's strengths and weaknesses, highlights its opportunities and threats, and establishes a vision for the future.
	www.kwtunnell.com /80_Snee.html (303 words)

	NYU Stern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		It is awarded each year to those individuals and companies who excel in the theory and application of quality control.
		JUSE, 1960) In 1960, Deming was decorated, in the name of Emperor, with the Second Order Medal of the Sacred Treasure, the highest acknowledgement to a foreigner in Japan.
		In 1955, the American Society for Quality Control in the USA awarded Dr. Deming the Shewhart Medal.
	w4.stern.nyu.edu /events/graduation.cfm?doc_id=2226 (469 words)

	Deming: Publications
		On the contributions of statistical standards to law and accounting, Current Business Studies, Graduate School of Business Administration, New York University, No.19, Oct. 1954: pp.14-32
		On the use of theory, Industrial Quality Control, vol.xiii, No.1, July 1956, being an address delivered upon receipt of the Shewhart Medal at the 10th annual meeting of the American Society for Quality Control, Montreal, 7 June 1956
		On some of the necessary ingredients of statistical standards of sampling, Transactions of the American Society for Quality Control, Detroit, 24 May 1957
	www.deming.org /resources/publications.html (644 words)

	News Digest
		John F. MacGregor, who received the Shewhart Medal for contributions and leadership in the quality control field.
		Irving Bluestone, who was named the Ishikawa Medal recipient, an award given to teams or individuals who improve the human side of quality through exceptional leadership.
		Edward M. Baker, who was awarded the Deming Medal, which recognizes individuals who successfully blend management and statistical thinking, resulting in quality services and products.
	www.qualitydigest.com /july98/html/newsdig.html (1078 words)

	Wiley::Applied Life Data Analysis
		American Society for Quality awarded Dr. Wayne Nelson of Schenectady, New York the 2003 Shewhart Medal.
		The Medal honors his outstanding technical leadership, particularly for innovative developments and applications of theory and methods for analyzing quality, reliability, and accelerated test data, and for widely disseminating such developments through his books and many publications, talks, and courses.
		The Shewhart Medal for outstanding technical leadership is named after Dr. Walter A. Shewhart, who pioneered statistical methods for controlling and improving the quality of manufactured products.
	www.wiley.com /WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471644625,descCd-authorInfo.html (345 words)

	News in Quality Digest
		Pyzdek is also the recipient of one of ASQ's highest honors, the Edwards Medal, which is presented to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the application of modern quality control methods, especially through the organization and administration of such work.
		Along with Walter A. Shewhart, Joseph M. Juran and W. Edwards Deming, Shainin was one of only 17 people to receive Honorary member status—the highest grade of membership and recognition—by the American Society for Quality (ASQ).
		Among the awards bestowed upon Shainin are ASQ's Brumbaugh Award, the Edwards Medal, the Eugene L. Grant Award and the Shewhart Medal.
	www.qualitydigest.com /mar00/html/news.html (2259 words)

	Mathematics - HS Math & Science - Project Organization
		He is also a Past President and Fellow of both the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and a Fellow, Shewhart, and Deming Medalist of the American Society for Quality Control.
		In 1992 he received the Edwards Medal from the American Society for Quality Control for his outstanding contributions to the science and practice of quality management.
		His numerous awards include the S. Wilks Medal, U.S. Army, the Outstanding Statistician of the Year Ward, Chicago (1987), the Deming Medal, Shewhart Medal, and the Ellis Ott and Brumbaugh Award(twice) of the American Society for Quality Control.
	www.misd.net /mathematics/hsmathscience/projectorganization.htm (3067 words)

	asiusa.com - ASI Consulting Group - Thought Leaders - Dr. Genichi Taguchi
		Genichi Taguchi has been awarded the coveted Deming Prize on three separate occasions for his contributions to the field of Quality Engineering.
		Received the Willard F. Rockwell Medal for combining engineering and statistical methods to achieve rapid improvements in cost and quality by optimizing product design and manufacturing processes.
		Blue Ribbon Award from the Emperor of Japan in 1990 for his contribution to industry.
	www.asiusa.com /about/asi_thought_genichi.aspx (191 words)

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