David Draper 1952–2024

Draper died at the age of 72, on 8 May 2024, in Santa Cruz, California.David was a distinguished and pioneering statistician, an amazing teacher and an inspiring supervisor, whose contributions to the field have left an indelible mark.He was a true expert in analysing complex data and gained great satisfaction in successfully addressing real-life challenges in a variety of fields.In 2002, he served as President of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA), and since 2014, he was made an ISBA fellow for his fundamental Bayesian research on model uncertainty, hierarchical modelling, and applications of Bayesian decision theory in complicated applied settings.In addition, he made significant contributions to applied Bayesian problem-solving in education, environmental risk assessment, health policy and medicine, and gave significant service to ISBA and the Bayesian community more widely including extensive Bayesian educational activities.He was born in Omaha, Nebraska and raised in Temple Hills, Maryland.David's interest in statistics began from an early age.