ROBERT WAYNE JERNIGAN (age 66) Bob Jernigan passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at home with his family. A Florida native, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida where he met his beloved wife, Rose. The couple moved to D.C. in 1978 when Robert began his accomplished 39-year tenure as a professor of mathematics and statistics at American University. As a productive scholar, he received numerous distinguished awards, including the American University Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award, co-developed an innovative statistical test now known as the Munson-Jernigan Test, collaborated with the EPA and the Smithsonian, provided exceptional service to the university and his field, and generated inventive teaching techniques. He was an avid cyclist, artist (photography, sketching, and watercolors), Orioles fan, lover of all gadgets and gizmos, kayaker, reader, and seeker of knowledge. His family cherishes his memory: wife, Rose; children, Nick J...
Still, I keep hoping for some sort of good news. I can't help it. I will keep hoping. Please rest, eat, and take care.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you and your family. I hope there is better news Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteI am holding on with hope as well. Hopefully there are some other drugs available to you that
ReplyDeletewill lower your counts. I know you have confidence in your doctors and we will all rely on them to find the right combinations of drugs to get things under control. Keeping you in my prayers as well!
Clancy
I think of you and Rose nearly every day, especially as this blog fell silent. I hesitate to call: I'm sure that the phone rings way too often as it is.
ReplyDeleteSuch times we had, in Tampa, and when you went to Washington and me to Vermont. Somewhere I have (and it will turn up one day) that great picture of you standing amidst the National Cathedral gargoyles. That must have been around 1980.
I do hope you have more time, and that you feel well enough to spend it with people who love you, and as many as possible.
I had no success the last time I tried to put a note here. Perhaps this attempt will post.
Love to you both,
Lynn
Hi Bob, If this were a baseball game, I don't think you would give up. Your fans, like me, are not giving up now. It just takes one good hit with the medication. I am looking forward to a much better 2018 for you and your family than 2017 has been. If there is anything I can do for you or Rose, please let me know. Best wishes to everyone, Jeff
ReplyDeleteHi, thank you so much for the update. You and your family are in my thoughts, prayers, hopes and positivity. I hope that there is good news today... Dorothy
ReplyDeleteBob, I hope that some good news has come out in the past few weeks. You have a lot of people pulling for you. Let me know if there's something I can do to help. -Josh
ReplyDeleteI hope you're able to read this, Dr. Jernigan, or that somebody can read it to you.
ReplyDeleteI use your statistical anecdotes daily in my classes. I send my students to Statpics for illustrations, and I have even sent visiting HS students armed with cameras on "distribution hunts" around the city to find YADDA or a unique bimodal or skewed distribution. They've come up with some incredible results, all thanks to you.
And it's not just because you had some good information to pass on. It's because of who you are.
Thanks so much for your influence. It lives on in the careers and robust experiences around the globe.
Very, very sincerely,
Matt Pascal