curriculum vitae harry g. costis,b.s.,m.s.,ph.d.may 11,2006 curriculum vitae harry g....

May 11,2006

CURRICULUM VITAE

Harry G. Costis,B.S.,M.S.,Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor of Statistics, California State University,Fresno, California. FAX: 559\435-4571; E-Mail:hcostis@sbcglobal.net; WEB: thegreekphilosophers.com;Address:P.O.Box 26854,Fresno, CA 93729-6854;

-PLACE OF BIRTH: Syvros,,Lefkas GREECE

-FAMILY STATUS: Married to Paula Ann of San Antonio Texas. Two

Children, Athena an Attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area andAlexander a Real Estate Developer in Fresno,CA.

-EDUCATION: Elementary and High School Education in Greece

-HIGHER EDUCATION:

a) ATHENS ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY. B.S.in Economics, Social Science,1957.

b) UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, ATHENS, GA: M.S. in Economic Theory,1961

c) THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN: PH.D. In International

Economics,Statistics,and Applied Mathematics for Statistics 1966.

-TEACHING EXPERIENCE

a) THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, as teaching Assistant in economics.

b) ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY, SAN ANTONIO, Texas, in Statistics,Finance, 1962-1966.

c) VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, BLACKS BURG , Va., 1966:Statistics, Economics.

d) CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO, 1967-1998: Statistics,Modern Greek, Classical Greek, and Operations Research.

-In 1998,Professor Emeritus in Statistics, at the California StateUniversity,Fresno. -1-

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-Deve1oped strong interest in the fie1d of Greek Phi1osophy (pre-Socratic from 776 to 479 BC. and Post-Socratic from 479 to 146

BC. )-Current1y: Lecturer in the E1derhoste1 Program at the SaintNicho1as Ranch and Retreat Center, Dun1ap, Ca1ifornia, on thesubject of the Greek phi1osophers, (1995 to today).

-PUBLICATIONS:

-M.S. Thesis: The European Free Trade Area. 1961

-Ph.D. Dissertation: Greece and the European Economic Community: Astudy ofResources Deve10pment Potentia1ities. 1966.

-Book: Statistics for Business and Economics, (1972, Co1umbusOhio, the Char1es Meni11 Pub1ishing Company.

-Book: The Greek Phi1osophers, (2004, Fresno, Ca1ifornia, C1assicsPub1ishing Company.

-Current1y (Se1f pub1ished) in: WWW.thegreekphi1osophers.com.

-Pub1ished various artic1es and monographs in professiona1journa1s and proceedings most1y on app1ied statistics and samp1esurveys.

-VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS: Served as a visiting professor atthe Athens Economic University, on mathematica1 statistics andmathematics of finance and app1ied statistics, 1975-1976 academicyear.-Served as a Ph. D. externa1 advisor to the Athens Economics

University, (1990-2201) and to the University of Nigeria inIbadan, Africa, 1982.

-SOCIETIES:-Served as President of the 1oca1 chapter of the AmericanStatistica1 Society, 1967-1998.-Served as a member of the American Economics Society, 1oca1Chapter, 1980-1990.-Served as THE VP and Secretary of the Ca1ifornia Chapter of theAmerican Decision Science Institute (1975-1985).-Served as Chairman of the Department of Information Systems andDecision Science, at Ca1ifornia State University, Fresno, Schoo1of Business (1982-1990).-Served as President of the Greek Community of Fresno, Inc., 1981.

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