Harrison M. Wadsworth | |
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| Born | August 20, 1924 |
| Died | August 3, 2010 (aged 85) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Education | B.I.E. and M.S. Degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology; PhD from Case Western Reserve University |
| Occupation | Professor/Consultant |
| Employer | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Expert in statistics, industrial systems engineering and quality control |
| Title | Professor of statistics in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. |
Harrison Morton Wadsworth Jr. (August 20, 1924 – August 3, 2010) was an American engineering professor of statistical methods, author and specialist in quality control science. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, he grew up in Miami Beach, Florida and lived most of his life in Atlanta, Georgia. Wadsworth received his B.I.E. Degree and M.S. Degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his PhD from Case Western Reserve University. He was a professor of statistics in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1960 through 1991, and taught in China and Turkey. He operated his own quality auditing consulting business upon retiring in 1991. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving as a supply sergeant in the Philippines in World War II, and in the Korean War.[1][2]