Ronald N. Forthofer University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, USA

Ron Forthofer has a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Dayton, and an M.S. in mathematical statistics and a Ph.D. in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He is a retired professor of biostatistics from the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston.  He also spent time with the National Center for Health Statistics and with Hoechst Pharmaceutical in Germany.  Since Ron retired and moved to Colorado in 1991, he has been an activist for peace and social justice, working on health care, trade issues, international peace, and Social Security.  In his spare time, he ran for Congress in 2000 and for Governor in 2002 for the Green Party.