Ben Duran Sr.

A member of the Texas Tech University (TTU) Faculty for the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Professor Duran taught and advised graduate students at Texas Tech from 1971 to 2002. Prior to accepting a position at TTU, he taught at Eastern New Mexico University and was a Bio-Statistician at Baylor College of Medicine, while also an Adjunct Professor at Rice University, in Houston, Texas.

Professor Duran’s research focused on nonparametric statistics, reliability theory, and risk theory. He has directed over 50 Master’s and PhD students in Statistics, and collaborated with researchers in science and engineering disciplines, leading to the publication of 31 refereed papers and 6 books. Elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2001, he continues to be involved in the development of Applied Statistics and Statistics education.

He received a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Albuquerque (1961), and an M.S. (1964) and Ph.D. (1966) in Statistics from Colorado State University.