Submitted by Jerald R Herting
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On March 15th the Prime Minister of Ireland, Enda Kenny, presented Adrian with the St. Patrick's Day Medal at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The award is given by the Science Foundation Ireland to honor Irish-born scientists who live and work in the United States. The award acknowledges Adrian's numerous contributions to statistics and to substantive areas in sociology, demography, weather forecasting, among many others.
See the story in UW today:
http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/03/15/adrian-raftery-receives-irela…
Congratulations to Adrian! Highly deserved award for Dublin born Dr. Raftery!