From erg@imstat.org  Thu Apr 21 00:04:49 2005
To: jeff@math.toronto.edu
Subject: IMS Fellow Election

Dear Dr. Rosenthal:

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that you have been elected to 
Fellowship in the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.  Fellowship is a 
way of honoring the outstanding research contributions of our members, 
contributions which help keep IMS in a leading role in the field of 
statistics and probability.

Each newly elected Fellow will be welcomed and presented with a plaque at 
the IMS Annual Meeting during the Joint Scientific Meeting in Minneapolis, 
MN, USA.  The presentation and reception will take place at the IMS 
Presidential Address on Monday, August 8 at 8:00 p.m.

It would be wonderful if you would be able to attend this ceremony of 
welcome and presentation. I very much look forward to meeting you 
there.  Do also encourage your friends and colleagues to come to the 
ceremony, especially any family or personal guests with whom you might like 
to share this happy occasion. I would be grateful if you could send the 
enclosed form to the IMS Executive Director, Elyse Gustafson.

With warm congratulations and very best wishes,

Sincerely,
Louis HY Chen
President
Institute of Mathematical Statistics 

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NEWS RELEASE 
For Immediate Release, August 31, 2005
CONTACT: Elyse Gustafson, erg@imstat.org

JEFFREY S. ROSENTHAL NAMED IMS FELLOW

Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Professor, University of Toronto, was named
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).  The induction
ceremony took place August 8, 2005 at the Joint Statistical Meetings in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Professor Rosenthal received the award for outstanding contributions to
the theory and practice of Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms, to the
study of geometric ergodicity, and coupling algorithms, and for original
contributions to substantive applied problems.

Each Fellow nominee is assessed by a committee of his/her peers for
the award.  In 2005, after reviewing 32 nominations, 15 were selected
for Fellowship.  Created in 1933, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
is a member organization which fosters the development and dissemination
of the theory and applications of statistics and probability.  The IMS
has 4100 active members throughout the world.    Approximately 10%
of the IMS membership has earned the status of fellowship.

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