Biography:Robert Santos
Rob Santos | |
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| Director of the United States Census Bureau | |
| Assumed office January 5, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Steven Dillingham |
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| Born | Robert Luis Santos 1957 San Antonio, Texas , U.S. |
| Education | San Antonio College Trinity University (BA) University of Michigan (MA) |
Robert Luis Santos is an American statistician who is the director of the United States Census Bureau. He served as the 116th President of the American Statistical Association in 2021.[1]
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]
Santos is of Mexican American heritage. He is the first nonwhite person to serve as permanent, Senate-approved director of the Census Bureau (James F. Holmes, a Black man, was acting director of the Census Bureau in the 1990s).[3]
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 was the 116th president of the American Statistical Association,[4] 2013-2014 president of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, and a member of the National Center for Health Statistics board of counselors.[5][6] Santos was the vice president for statistical methods and chief methodologist at the Urban Institute[7] in Washington, D.C.
Santos was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 4, 2021,[8] and was sworn in on January 5, 2022.[9]
Personal life
Santos identifies as a Chicano. From 2012 to 2019, he was a SXSW Festival photographer and later helped manage the photo crew of about 100 photographers at this annual film and music event in Austin.[10][11]
References
- ↑ "ASA Members Elect Robert Santos, Dionne Price to Association Leadership". https://www.amstat.org/asa/News/ASA-Members-Elect-Robert-Santos-Dionne-Price-to-Association-Leadership.aspx.
- ↑ "President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Robert Santos for Director of the U.S. Census Bureau" (in en-US). 2021-04-13. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/13/president-biden-announces-his-intent-to-nominate-robert-santos-for-director-of-the-u-s-census-bureau/.
- ↑ Wang, Hansi Lo (2021-11-04). "The Senate has confirmed the 1st Latino to lead the U.S. census, Robert Santos" (in en-US). https://www.npr.org/2021/11/04/1014670567/first-latino-census-director-robert-santos-person-of-color.
- ↑ "ASA Members Elect Robert Santos, Dionne Price to Association Leadership" (in en). https://www.amstat.org/asa/News/ASA-Members-Elect-Robert-Santos-Dionne-Price-to-Association-Leadership.aspx.
- ↑ "Biden To Make Historic Census Director Pick With Latinx Statistician Rob Santos" (in en). https://www.npr.org/2021/04/13/986612530/biden-to-make-historic-census-director-pick-with-latinx-statistician-rob-santos.
- ↑ Gonzalez, Oriana (13 April 2021). "Biden picks Robert Santos to be first person of color to lead Census bureau" (in en). https://www.axios.com/biden-robert-santos-census-bureau-04e1f97c-bf88-4547-83ac-215e6e55eaba.html.
- ↑ "Robert Santos" (in en). 2016-06-04. https://www.urban.org/author/robert-santos.
- ↑ Michael Macagnone. Senate confirms new Census Bureau director, Roll Call, 4 Nov 2021
- ↑ "Robert Santos". https://www.census.gov/newsroom/bios/robert-santos.html.
- ↑ "Census director is a Chicano who photographed bands at SXSW and used tortilla dough to fish". 28 August 2022. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/census-director-chicano-photographed-bands-sxsw-used-tortilla-dough-fi-rcna44602.
- ↑ "What Does Rob Santos Like to Do When He Is Not Being a Statistician?". January 2018. https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2018/01/01/pastimes-santos/.
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