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public libraries; renovation and construction of local high schools; and improving city parks and
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street projects. He was also instrumental in expanding the Spokane Convention Center, Group Health
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Exhibit Hall, and the Agricultural Trade Center, which had been the Washington State Pavilion
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during the World's Fair.
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City politics
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On November 4, 1993, Geraghty was elected to serve as the 39th mayor for the City of Spokane.
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During his term in office, he focused his efforts on public safety, economic development,
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streamlining city government, and improving the infrastructure of the city streets, transportation
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system, and traffic corridors. He also began working on reviving the local economy, by revitalizing
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the city's central business district with the development of River Park Square and restoration of
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the historic Davenport Hotel. He also hired 30 additional police officers and established nine
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neighborhood centers throughout the city, which have served reduce crime and empower citizens to
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improve and strengthen the voice of neighborhoods in city decision-making. In 1997, he ran for a
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second term in office to commence in 1998, but was defeated for re-election by John Talbott.
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Community involvement
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Geraghty has been involved in public and private organizations throughout the Spokane since 1964.
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As a prominent civic leader, he has worked with the Sister Cities Society and the City of Spokane
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to establish and maintain international relationships with the cities of Nishinomiya, Japan and
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Limerick. In honor of his Irish heritage, Geraghty and his wife co-founded the Spokane Limerick
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Sister City Society and established the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. In 1996, Geraghty's wife,
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Kerry, was named as the Irish Woman of the Year. In 1997, Geraghty served as Grand Marshal of
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Spokane's St. Patrick's Day parade, established by the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. In 1999, he
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served as the parade chairman. He was named as president of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in
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2000 and 2001. In 2013, he was named Irish Man of the Year, while his daughter, Sheila, was named
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as the Irish Woman of the Year.
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Geraghty is the founder of the Citizen's League of Greater Spokane that championed the election of
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Freeholders and established a charter to unify city and county government in Spokane. He served as
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President and Vice President of Programs of the Public Relations Society of America. He also served
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as the President of the Manito Golf and Country Club, Spokane Press Club, and Spokane Public
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Relations Council. He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Eastern Washington University, just
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west of Spokane.
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Board and committee memberships
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Citizen's League of Greater Spokane Founder Community Action Council Steering Committee Member
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Eastern Washington University Member of the Board of Trustees
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Eastern Washington University Chairman of the Board of Trustees (twice)
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Expo '74 World's Fair Vice President of Exhibitor and Guest Relations
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Friendly Sons of St. Patrick President (2000–2001) FutureSpokane Board President
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Manito Golf and Country Club President
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Public Relations Society of America Vice President of Programs
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Public Relations Society of America President Spokane Press Club President
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Spokane Public Relations Council President
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Spokane Community Mental Health Center Board of Trustees
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Spokane–Limerick Sister City Society Founding Member
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Honors and awards 1997: North Central High School Distinguished Alumnus Award
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1997: Grand Marshal of Spokane's St. Patrick's Day parade
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1999: Parade Chairman of Spokane's St Patrick's Day parade
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2011: University of Washington Department of Communication Alumni Hall of Fame
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2013: Irish Man of the Year of the Friendly Sons of St Patrick
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References
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County commissioners in Washington (state) Mayors of Spokane, Washington Living people 1934 births
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University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni
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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) is an American institute that researches
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statistical science and quantitative analysis.
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History
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In 1985, the National Science Foundation funded a proposal by the Institute of Mathematical
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Statistics (IMS) to assess the status of cross-disciplinary statistical research and to make
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recommendations for its future. The IMS formed a panel consisted of twelve members from statistics,
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pure and applied mathematics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, and public affairs,
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including Ingram Olkin (Co-Chair), Jerome Sacks (Co-Chair), Alfred Blumstein, Amos Eddy, Bill Eddy,
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Peter C. Jurs, William Kruskal, Thomas Kutz, Gary C. McDonald, Ronald Peierls, Paul Shaman, and
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William Spurgeon. In 1990, the panel published a report on Cross-Disciplinary Research in the
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Statistical Sciences that led to the founding of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences.
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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences was established in 1990 and located in Research
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Triangle Park, North Carolina by the American Statistical Association, the International
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Biometric Society, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, Duke University, North Carolina
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State University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and RTI International
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(formerly Research Triangle Institute). Dan Horvitz of RTI became the interim director. Jerome
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Sacks became the founding director in 1991. Alan F. Karr joined NISS as the associate director in
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1992 and became the director in 2000. Nell Sedransk appointed as the associate director in 2005 and
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became the director in 2015. James L. Rosenberger became the director of NISS in 2017.
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In 1993, the first NISS postdoctoral fellows joined. There are now nearly 80 of former NISS
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postdoctoral fellows around the world and in various organizations in each sector: academia,
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government, and industry. Here is a list of notable alumni:
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John Aston, Professor of Statistics at the University of Cambridge
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Adrian Dobra, Associate Professor at the University of Washington
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Shanti Gomatam, Mathematical Statistician at U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Murali Haran, Professor and Head of Statistics at Penn State University
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Jiming Jiang, Professor of Statistics at the University of California - Davis
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Xiaodong Lin, Associate Professor at Rutgers Business School
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Matthias Schonlau, Professor of Statistics at the University of Waterloo
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Minge Xie, Professor of Statistics at Rutgers University
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Haibo Zhou, Professor of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina
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In 2000, the NISS affiliates program was created to address challenges arising in government and
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industry. In 2005, the NISS affiliates program was recognized by the American Statistical
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Association with the Statistical Partnerships among Academia, Industry, and Government (SPAIG)
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Award.
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In 2002, the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute was funded by the National
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Science Foundation, and it was partnered with Duke University, North Carolina State University, the
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences.
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From 2011 to 2018, the NISS and Duke University collaborated on the Triangle Census Research
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Network (TCRN), one of eight research nodes that worked on the National Census Research Network
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(NCRN). In 2017, the NCRN was recognized by the American Statistical Association with the
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Statistical Partnerships among Academia, Industry, and Government (SPAIG) Award.
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Jerome Sacks Award
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The Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research was created in 2001 in honor of
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Jerome Sacks, the founding director of NISS. The following are the winners of the award:
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2018: G. Jogesh Babu (Penn State University) 2017: Jun S. Liu (Harvard University)
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2016: William F. Eddy (Carnegie Mellon University)
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2015: Stephen Fienberg (Carnegie Mellon University)
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2014: Terry Speed (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research in Melbourne)