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PrOfEssOr Miklós CsörGO
Mathematics Almost every day – including fellow professors Dawson
weekends – Miklós Csörgo
and Rao. “We managed to
can be found in his Herzberg
put the school on the map in
office. He still leaves post-
probability and statistics,”
and Statistics it notes on his door for Csörgo says. “At the same
time, there were outstanding
students who wish to make
an appointment, or they can
people in algebra.”
see him on the spot. “I used
He retired from Carleton
to have that policy, and I still on July 1, 1997, but remains
have it,” he says with a smile. active as a Distinguished Mathematics and Statistics
Csörgo started at Carleton Research Professor. Since
in 1971, leaving his position retiring, Csörgo has
photo: Kristy Strauss the FLQ crisis. When he and continues to attend
at McGill University during
overseen six PhD students,
began at Carleton, he taught
conferences around the world
three classes each semester.
– including as a keynote
Professors Jon Rao and Miklós Csörgo seated outside the Herzberg building He remembers the high- speaker.
which houses the School of Mathematics and Statistics. calibre staff he worked lrsp.carleton.ca
alongside – including his
PrOfEssOr MizAn rAhMAn PrOfEssOr JOn rAO
When Professor Mizan introduced, I guess I was the Professor Jon Rao came to an NSERC grant – along with
Rahman started with the sacrificial lamb,” he laughs. Carleton in 1973, and had some of his fellow retirees in
Department of Mathematics “Somehow, I managed. But I a joint appointment with mathematics.
and Statistics in 1965, can’t say I was a television Statistics Canada at the “I have such a schedule,
there were about 16 faculty star.” time. He consulted with the you wouldn’t believe,” Rao
members at the time. He was As a Distinguished government department says, adding he’s spoken
part of five new recruits, Research Professor, Rahman while teaching full time at or has plans to speak
and had a special bond still researches and publishes Carleton – and still consults at seminars this year in
with them. “We were like papers. He travels and writes today, even after retiring Brussels, Milan, Montreal,
family – except we had regularly, and plans to go to from teaching in 2000. “Many Bangkok and Bogota. He’s
separate dwellings,” he says India in November 2013. He of my former students are particularly proud of how
of his former colleagues. values his role at Carleton, employed there, some at the far the school has come
“We would organize bowling and still enjoys coming to director level,” Rao says. “It’s over the years – including
nights together.” Rahman campus five days a week. like a family when I go there.” being named one of the
particularly remembers “I need to be around this Since becoming a top statistics schools in
being the test subject for campus. I need to go to the Distinguished Research the world in the Canadian
new technology early in his swimming pool,” he says. Professor, Rao says he hasn’t Journal of Statistics.
career at Carleton. “When “I’m a morning person. If you slowed down. He still looks lrsp.carleton.ca
the so-called closed circuit knock on my door at 7 a.m., after PhD students, and has
television instruction was I’m here.”
PrOfEssOr JOhn DixOn
Professor John Dixon takes teach something different
it a bit easier now that he’s every year,” he says. “I had
retired. The Distinguished that opportunity in this
Research Professor started department.”
at Carleton in 1968, and He also remembers the
received his DRP title informality at Carleton
when he retired in 2002. when he arrived in 1968.
Dixon continues to write, “The president at the time,
referee and review papers Davidson Dunton, would
and attends seminars and host a party on campus
colloquia. at the start of each school
Looking back, he says year.” photo: Kristy Strauss
he particularly enjoyed people.math.carleton.
teaching the various levels ca/~jdixon/
and classes. “I liked to Professors (left to right) Vlastimil Dlab, John Dixon and Don Dawson were
all appointed Distinguished Research Professors.

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