Richard B. McHugh

Richard Burton McHugh (October 25, 1923 – June 1, 2016) was an American statistician. McHugh was a professor of biometry at University of Minnesota School of Public Health for over 30 years.

Early life and education

McHugh was from Ames, Iowa. He earned a bachelor of arts in statistics with a minor in mathematics, magna cum laude, in 1944 from University of Minnesota. He completed a master of arts in 1949.[1] McHugh earned a doctor of philosophy at University of Minnesota in 1954. His dissertation was titled On the scaling of psychological data by latent structure analysis.[2] His advisors were Leonid Hurwicz and Jacob Bearman.[1]

Career

McHugh was on the faculty at University of Minnesota School of Public Health for over 30 years. He was a professor of biometry.[3] He was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1967.[4]

Personal life

He was married to Rosemary. McHugh had 2 daughters and 3 sons. He was preceded in death by his wife, daughter and 10 siblings.[3]

References
  1. "UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - PDF". docplayer.net. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  2. McHugh, Richard Burton (1954). On the scaling of psychological data by latent structure analysis (Thesis). OCLC 11196868.
  3. "Obituary for Richard B. McHugh". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  4. "ASA Fellows list". Retrieved 2019-02-27.
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