Xuming He, chair of the Department of Statistics and Data Science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was installed as the inaugural Kotzubei-Beckmann Distinguished Professor during a ceremony held April 25 at the Whittemore House. 

The program included a welcome and introduction by Feng Sheng Hu, the Richard G. Engelsmann Dean of Arts & Sciences and the Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor; remarks by honoree Deborah Beckmann and McKelvey School of Engineering Dean Aaron Bobick; and a medallion presentation by Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

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