| Richard L. Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 20, 1915 North Liberty, Indiana |
| Died | February 19, 2003 (aged 88) Lexington, Kentucky |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Econometrics |
| Institutions |
University of Kentucky North Carolina State University |
| Alma mater |
Iowa State College DePauw University |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerhard Tintner |
| Doctoral students |
Alva Finkner Emil Jebe Daniel Teichroew Geoffrey Watson |
Richard Loree Anderson (April 20, 1915 – February 19, 2003) was an American econometrician. He was a Professor of Statistics at North Carolina State University from 1941 to 1966. In 1967, he took up chairmanship of the newly established Department of Statistics at the University of Kentucky, a position he held until 1979. In 1951 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. While a professor at the University of Kentucky, he consulted with a number of drug companies on clinical trials. Even before, he had been consulting several computer programming companies including IMSL, BMDP, and SAS.