Myles Hollander

{{Short description|American academic statistician (1941–2025)}}

Myles Hollander (March 21, 1941 – January 27, 2025) was an American academic statistician who made research contributions to nonparametric methods, biostatistics, and reliability. He was born in Brooklyn, New York.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOs6AAAAMAAJ&q=%22Hollander,+Myles%22 |title=American men and women of science - Jaques Cattell Press - Google Books |year=1986 |publisher=Bowker |via=Google Books|isbn=9780835222242 |accessdate=2012-01-05}} After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University (1961), he pursued a Master of Science (1962) and Ph.D (1965) in statistics at Stanford University.{{cite journal |last1=Samaniego |first1=Francisco J. |title=A Conversation with Myles Hollander |journal=Statistical Science |date=August 2008 |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=420–438 |doi=10.1214/07-STS248|arxiv=1102.3780 }} {{ResearchGatePub|48209955}} He began teaching at Florida State University in 1965, and held the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professorship of Statistics at from 1998 to 2007.{{cite news |last1=Jean |first1=Tarah |title='The gentlest of gentle souls': Retired FSU professor is remembered by faculty, loved ones |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/fsu-news/2025/01/29/retired-fsu-statistics-professor-researcher-myles-hollander-dies/78001924007/ |access-date=24 March 2025 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=29 January 2025}} He was a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1972),{{cite news |title=ASA Fellows |url=https://ww2.amstat.org/fellows/ |access-date=24 March 2025 |publisher=American Statistical Association}} the Institute of Mathematical Statistics,{{cite news |title=Honored IMS Fellows |url=https://imstat.org/honored-ims-fellows/ |access-date=24 March 2025 |publisher=Institute of Mathematical Statistics}} and the International Statistical Institute.

Hollander was married to Glee Ross from 1963 until her death in 2015.{{cite news |title=Glee Hollander |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tallahassee/name/glee-hollander-obituary?id=7910968 |access-date=24 March 2025 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=21 October 2015}} He died on January 27, 2025, at the age of 83.{{cite news |title=Myles Hollander |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/obituaries/psar1077266 |access-date=24 March 2025 |work=Tallahassee Democrat |date=30 January 2025}}