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Eric F. Gardner Conference |
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Conference History
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In the Spring of 1964, Dave Farr (Statistics & Measurement, SUNY Buffalo) invited students and faculty from Buffalo, Cornell, Rochester, and Syracuse to a small conference. That conference became an annual event, adding in subsequent years Albany, Ontario Institute, Ottawa, and Queen's. The conference was referred to only as the Upstate New York Measurement and Statistics Conference until, at the Spring 1978 meeting in Syracuse, it was renamed The Eric F. Gardner Conference to honor Eric's extensive contributions on the occasion of his forthcoming "retirement."
The responsibility for organizing the conference rotates among the participating institutions. The organizing institution historically sponsors a series of papers related to statistics and measurement, where graduate student participation is stressed. However, presentation of papers is only half of the purpose of the conference; of equal importance is the social component. People with similar interests from nearby institutions renew old friendships and form new ones over lunch and dinner. At the end of a long day, it is not unusual to hear participants say that the Gardner Conference is the most worthwhile meeting they attend each year. |
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1964 Buffalo |
1976 Buffalo |
1987 Buffalo |
1999 OISE/Toronto |
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1965 Rochester |
1977 Cornell |
1988 Cornell |
2000 Buffalo |
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1966 Cornell |
1978 Syracuse |
1989 Syracuse |
2001 Cornell |
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1967 Syracuse |
1979 OISE/Toronto |
1990 Albany |
2002 Ottawa*** |
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1968 Albany |
1980 Albany |
1991 OISE/Toronto |
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1969 Buffalo |
1981 Rochester |
1992 Buffalo |
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1970 Rochester |
1981 Buffalo |
1993 Ottawa |
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1971 Cornell |
1982 Syracuse |
1994 Cornell |
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1972 OISE/Toronto |
1983 Cornell |
1995 Syracuse |
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1973 Syracuse |
1984 OISE/Toronto |
1996 Rochester** |
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1974 Albany |
1985 Albany |
1997 Albany |
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1975 Rochester |
1986 Rochester* |
1998 Queen's |
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Conference was held in Spring till 1981, and then moved to Autumn. The participating university representatives voted in Summer 2005 to hold the conference every other year. |
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* The 1986 Gardner Conference was dedicated to the memory of Jack Miller. |
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** The 1996 Gardner Conference was dedicated to Jason Millman for his contributions. |
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*** The 2002 Gardner Conference was dedicated to the memory of Eric F. Gardner. |
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