Walter A. Shewhart

Walter Andrew Shewhart [ ʃuhard ] ( born March 18, 1891 in New Canton, Illinois, † March 11, 1967 in Troy Hills, New Jersey) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician, who sometimes called the father of SPC ( statistical quality / process control) is called.

Training

Walter A. Shewhart was born the son of Anton and Esta Barney Shewhart in New Canton, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. 1917 he was awarded a doctorate in physics from the University of California, Berkeley.