W. Edwards Deming invited Shewhart to speak at the Graduate School of the U.S. Department of Agriculture .
W. Edwards Deming served as the editor of Shewhart 's book Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control ( 1939 ) which was the result of that lecture .
W. Edwards Deming invited Shewhart to speak at the Graduate School of the U.S. Department of Agriculture , and served as the editor of Shewhart 's book Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control ( 1939 ) which was the result of that lecture .