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I. Olkin 131.4.2 R.A. Fisher LectureshipThe R.A. Fisher Lectureship was established in 1963 to honor both the contributionsof Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher and a present-day statistician for theiradvancement of statistical theory and applications. The list of past FisherLectures well reflects the prestige that COPSS and its constituent societiesplace on this award. Awarded each year, the Fisher Lectureship representsmeritorious achievement and scholarship in statistical science, and recognizeshighly significant impacts of statistical methods on scientific investigations.The Lecturer is selected by the R.A. Fisher Lecture and Award Committeewhich is chosen to reflect the interests of the member societies. The Lecturehas become an integral part of the COPSS program, and is given at the JointStatistical Meeting.In the early days of COPSS, the award of the Lectureship was governed bythe following conditions: (1) The Fisher Lectureship is awarded annually toan eminent statistician for outstanding contributions to the theory and applicationof statistics; (2) the Fisher Lecture shall be presented at a designatedAnnual Meeting of the COPSS societies; (3) the Lecture shall be broadlybased and emphasize those aspects of statistics and probability which bearclose relationship to the scientific collection and interpretation of data, areasin which Fisher himself made outstanding contributions; (4) the Lecture shallbe scheduled so as to have no conflict with any other session at the AnnualMeeting; (5) the Chair of the Lecture shall be the Chair of the R.A. FisherLecture and Award Committee or the Chair’s designee: the Chair shall presenta short statement on the life and works of R.A. Fisher, not to exceed five minutesin duration, and an appropriate introduction for the Fisher Lecturer;(6) the Lecturer is expected to prepare a manuscript based on the Lectureand to submit it to an appropriate statistical journal. There is an additionalhonorarium of $1,000 upon publication of the Fisher Lecture.The recipients of the R.A. Fisher Lectureship are listed in Table 1.4, togetherwith the titles of their lectures and their affiliations at the time of theaward.TABLE 1.4Recipients of the R.A. Fisher Lectureship and titles of their lectures.Year Winner and Affiliation (Title of the Talk)1964 Maurice S. Bartlett, University of Chicagoand University College London, UKR.A. Fisher and the last fifty years of statistical methodology1965 Oscar Kempthorne, Iowa State UniversitySome aspects of experimental inference1966 (none)1967 John W. Tukey, Princeton University and Bell LabsSome perspectives in data analysis