We are grateful for the generosity of UBC Statistics alumna Anona Thorne and her husband Takao Tanabe who established this entrance scholarship, offered annually to students entering a graduate program in Statistics. Anona Thorne (BA '91 Mathematics; MSc '93 Statistics) is a double alumna of UBC and went on to an interesting career using her statistics training at the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network at Saint Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. Takao Tanabe is an internationally acclaimed Canadian painter.
This award is usually announced in Fall months of Year.