Joseph Mark Gani 1924–2016
Eugene Seneta A
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A School of Mathematics and Statistics FO7, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Email: eugene.seneta@sydney.edu.au
Historical Records of Australian Science 30(1) 32-41 https://doi.org/10.1071/HR18014
Submitted: 18 May 2018 Accepted: 30 October 2018 Published: 12 December 2018
Abstract
Joe Gani, as he was universally known, was born in Cairo, Egypt, on 15 December 1924 and died in Canberra on 12 April 2016. A visionary leader, mentor, and brilliant organizer, he created the Journal of Applied Probability, and was Chief of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Division of Mathematics and Statistics. A distinguished academic career included posts at the Universities of Sheffield, Kentucky, California at Santa Barbara, and the Australian National University. His numerous research contributions are dominated by stochastic modelling, especially epidemic theory.
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