Reference

W. Edwards Deming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 - December 20, 1993) was an American statistician, college professor, author, and lecturer widely credited with improving production in the United States during World War II. However, Deming is perhaps best known for his work in Japan; where from 1950 onward he taught top management the principles of Statistical process control (SPC), using Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) or Continuous Improvement (CI). Under Deming's stewardship Japan became renowned for producing innovative high quality products. Deming is regarded as having had more impact upon Japanese manufacturing and business than any other individual not of Japanese heritage. ..."

Born

14 Oct 1900, in Sioux City, Iowa

Died

20 Dec 1993, in Washington, DC