Dr. W. Edwards Deming
Pioneer of a Quantitative "Systems Approach" to Process Improvement

14-Oct-1900 born in Sioux City, Iowa
1921 - BS in Electrical Engineering
Became a student of Walter Shewhart (who led the quality control effort during the war and developed Statistical Quality Control) at Bell Telephone Laboratories, in New York.
February 1946 - Dr. Deming's early instruction on SQC led to the formation of the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC), but his techniques did not survive in the US.
1947 was recruited to help Japan prepare for the 1951 Census
June 19, 1950 he gave the first in a dozen sets of lectures, starting with the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE), including Ichiro Ishikawa, the JUNE president.
1951 the Japanese established the Deming Prize, either for individual contributions in statistical theory or to companies for statistical application
Trained 20,000 engineers in rudimentary statistical methods within 10 years
June 24, 1980 Dr. Deming was "discovered" in America in a television program entitled, "If Japan Can... Why Can't We?"
1982 published Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position
1982 published the first edition of Out of the Crisis
1993 published the The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education
Dec-1993 died in Washington, DC

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