<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">Caros redistas,</div><div class="gmail_attr"> Encaminho triste mensagem do Prof. Paul Eilers sobre o falecimento do Prof. Brian Marx. Muitos brasileiros freqüentamos com regularidade as edições do IWSM, cheias de excelentes pesquisadores e de pessoas muito agradáveis. Brian era um dos melhores.</div><div class="gmail_attr"> Atenciosamente,</div><div class="gmail_attr"> Aluísio.</div><div class="gmail_attr"> </div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Dear friend of Brian Marx,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">On Thursday November 25, Brian Marx passed away, after a short struggle with brain cancer. He was surrounded by his wife Alexandra, his son Leopold, and his mother. Alexandra asked me to inform his friends
in the statistical community about this bad news.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">We all remember Brian as the nice guy in the picture below. He always looked boyish and indestructible. He was such a nice person. We will keep that image in our minds forever.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Brian did a lot for the statistical community. For many years he was editor of the journal
<i>Statistical Modelling</i>. He steered it through a difficult period. It is now doing well, with an impact factor that grows every year.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Brian was one of the most faithful attendants of the International Workshop on Statistical Modelling. Since 1989, he did not miss a single one. In 1998 he organized the workshop in New Orleans, a memorable
edition. He was always very active, scientifically and socially. He was a magnet for nice company.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Brian also was a good statistician. The
<i>Web of Science</i> lists 67 papers with Brian as first author or co-author. Many of them have been cited well. He was co-author of four books. See the link to his web page below. In the next issue of
<i>Statistical Modelling</i> an obituary will appear.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Brian and I have been working together since we first met in 1989 in Trento. He has been a crucial influence on my career. I will miss him a lot.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Beste wishes,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Paul Eilers<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt"><a href="http://statweb.lsu.edu/faculty/marx/" target="_blank">http://statweb.lsu.edu/faculty/marx/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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