Robert Santos

Robert Luis Santos is an American statistician who is the Senate-confirmed director of the United States Census Bureau. He served as the 116th President of the American Statistical Association in 2021.[1]

Rob Santos
Director-designate of the United States Census Bureau
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingRon Jarmin (acting)
Personal details
Born
Robert Luis Santos

San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
EducationSan Antonio College
Trinity University (BA)
University of Michigan (MA)

Early life and education

Santos was born in San Antonio. After graduating from Holy Cross of San Antonio, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Trinity University and a Master of Arts in statistics from the University of Michigan.[2]

Career

Santos has worked at the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center, NORC at the University of Chicago, and the Institute for Survey Research at Temple University. He is the 116th president of the American Statistical Association[3] and a member of the National Center for Health Statistics board of counselors.[4][5] Santos was the vice president for statistical methods and chief methodologist at the Urban Institute[6] in Washington, D.C.

Santos was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 4, 2021.[7]

References
  1. "ASA Members Elect Robert Santos, Dionne Price to Association Leadership". www.amstat.org. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Robert Santos for Director of the U.S. Census Bureau". The White House. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  3. "ASA Members Elect Robert Santos, Dionne Price to Association Leadership". amstat.org. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  4. "Biden To Make Historic Census Director Pick With Latinx Statistician Rob Santos". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  5. Gonzalez, Oriana. "Biden picks Robert Santos to be first person of color to lead Census bureau". Axios. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  6. "Robert Santos". Urban Institute. 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  7. Michael Macagnone. Senate confirms new Census Bureau director, Roll Call, 4 Nov 2021
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