His thesis, entitled "Towards a Consensus of Opinion", was written under the supervision of James V. Zidek and earned him the Pierre Robillard Award from the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) in 1984.
Seine Doktorarbeit "Towards a Consensus of Opinion", die er unter der Aufsicht von James V. Zidek anfertigte, brachte ihm 1984 den Pierre Robillard Award der Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) ein.