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Pittsburgh, May 2001 -- Donald W. King, has been named
Research Professor in the Department of Library and Information
Science (DLIS) and the Department of Information Science
and Telecommunications (DIST) in the School of Information
Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.
Mr. King is a prominent researcher in the areas of economic
analysis, evaluation of information systems, survey research,
operations research, and statistical consulting. A co-founder
of Westat, Inc., he served in the positions of partner,
Executive Vice President, President of Home Testing Institute,
and Vice Chairman. In addition, Mr. King was Vice President
of Market Facts, Inc. and Director of the Center for Quantitative
Science, which became King Research, Inc. in 1976. Until
1991, Mr. King served as President of King Research, Inc.,
which he founded in 1976. In 1991, the company became a
sole proprietorship, and in 1997, he retired to concentrate
on lecturing and writing.
During his four decades in statistics and information
science, Mr. King has pioneered in developing methods,
measures, and models. Economic analysis has involved primarily
micro-economic analysis of companies and organizations
in the nformation sector. He has authored or edited 15
books (two award-winning), and has over 300 other formal
publications. In the late 1970's he was named as one of
the ten most-cited authors in the information science
field.
"Don King will be an important resource for developing
a research agenda for the Department and the School"
said DLIS Chair, Christinger Tomer. "His involvement
with communication in science and technology is a natural
match for the School and Don King's research will bridge
across many faculty interests, and the School is very
fortunate to have him join us," said Dean Toni Carbo.
Included among the many honors and awards bestowed on
King are: "Pioneer of Information Science Award,"
Chemical Heritage Foundation; Honorary Fellow, National
Federation of Abstracting and Information Services; Research
Award and Award of Merit, American Society for Information
Science; Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association.
King holds a Bachelor and Master degree in statistics
from the University of Wyoming. His most recent publication
with Carol Tenopir, Towards Electronic Journals: Realities
for Scientists, Librarians, and Publishers, has been reviewed
as a major work on the analysis of scientific journals
and academic publishing.
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