A Conversation with Professor Tadeusz Cali\'{n}ski
Anthony C. Atkinson, Barbara Bogacka

TL;DR
This paper features an interview with Professor Tadeusz Caliński, highlighting his contributions to statistics, biometry, and experimental design, along with his academic career, research achievements, and influence on international collaboration.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of Professor Caliński's life, work, and impact on the development of statistical sciences in Poland and internationally.
Findings
Established the Poznań inter-university school of statistics
Supervised 24 Ph.D. students, many now professors
Published over 140 scientific articles and influential books
Abstract
Tadeusz Cali\'{n}ski was born in Pozna\'{n}, Poland in 1928. Despite the absence of formal secondary eduction for Poles during the Second World War, he entered the University of Pozna\'{n} in 1948, initially studying agronomy and in later years mathematics. From 1953 to 1988 he taught statistics, biometry and experimental design at the Agricultural University of Pozna\'{n}. During this period he founded and developed the Pozna\'{n} inter-university school of mathematical statistics and biometry, which has become one of the most important schools of this type in Poland and beyond. He has supervised 24 Ph.D. students, many of whom are currently professors at a variety of universities. He is now Professor Emeritus. Among many awards, in 1995 Professor Cali\'{n}ski received the Order of Polonia Restituta for his outstanding achievements in the fields of Education and Science. In 2012 the…
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