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I. Olkin 11place on Wednesdays of the Joint Statistical Meetings. The Presidents’ Award,the Snedecor or Scott Award, and the David Award are announced first, andare followed by the Fisher Lecture. All awards now include a plaque and acash honorarium of $1,000.The George W. Snedecor and Elizabeth L. Scott Awards receive supportfrom an endowment fund. In the early days of these awards, financing wasin a precarious state. This led to a solicitation for funds in August 1995 thatraised $12,100. Subsequently a fiscal policy was established for the support ofawards.This history of COPSS provides us with an opportunity to thank the followingdonors for their assistance at that time: Abbott Laboratories ($500);Biopharmaceutical Research Consultants ($100); Bristol-Myers Squibb PharmaceuticalResearch Institute ($500); Chapman & Hall ($1,000); COPSS($4,250); Duxbury Press ($500); Institute of Mathematical Statistics ($500);Institute for Social Research Survey Research Center, University of Michigan($500); Iowa State University ($750); Procter & Gamble ($500); Springer-Verlag ($500); Section on Statistical Graphics ($500); SYSTAT ($500); TrilogyConsulting Corporation ($500); John Wiley and Sons ($1,000).1.4.1 Presidents’ AwardCOPSS sponsors the Presidents’ Award and presents it to a young member ofthe statistical community in recognition of an outstanding contribution to theprofession of statistics. The Presidents’ Award was established in 1976 andis jointly sponsored by the American Statistical Association, the Institute ofMathematical Statistics, the Biometric Society ENAR, the Biometric SocietyWNAR, and the Statistical Society of Canada operating through COPSS. (In1994 the Biometric Society became the International Biometric Society.) Thefirst award was given in 1979, and it is presented annually.According to the award description, “The recipient of the Presidents’Award shall be a member of at least one of the participating societies. ThePresidents’ Award is granted to an individual who has not yet reached his orher 40th birthday at the time of the award’s presentation. The candidate maybe chosen for a single contribution of extraordinary merit, or an outstandingaggregate of contributions, to the profession of statistics.”The Presidents’ Award Committee consists of seven members, includingone representative appointed by each of the five member societies plus theCOPSS Chair, and a past awardee as an additional member. The Chair of theAward Committee is appointed by the Chair of COPSS.Prior to 1988 the COPSS Presidents’ Award was funded by the ASA.When the 1987 award depleted this account, COPSS voted to reallocate afraction of membership dues to fund future awards. Recipients are listed inTable 1.3 with their affiliation at the time of the award.