H. Joseph Newton

Dean of Science and Professor of Statistics
Texas A&M University

Holder of Richard H. Harrison III/External advisory and development council chair for Dean of College of Science and

George P. Mitchell `40 Chair in Statistics

Biographical Sketch

Professor H. Joseph Newton, who joined the Texas A&M faculty in 1978, has served as Dean of the College of Science and holder of the Richard H. Harrison III/External Advisory & Development Council Endowed Dean's Chair in Science since July 2002. He is also the inaugural holder of the George P. Mitchell `49 Chair in Statistics.

Prior to becoming dean, he spent two years as interim dean, two years as executive associate dean and eight years as head of the Department of Statistics.

Newton is the author of numerous research articles and two books in the areas of time series analysis, computational statistics and technology-mediated instruction. Elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1995, he currently serves as American co-editor of "Computational Statistics" and as editor of "The Stata Journal."

A native of Syracuse, N.Y., Newton holds a doctorate in statistical sciences and a master of science in statistics from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, and a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Niagara University.