RE: Juran's physical state and Pareto's Peas

[Steven_S_Prevette@rl.gov]

1) Is Joseph Juran (Mr TQM) still alive?  The web site Juran.com doesn't
list him as an active employee, but it doesn't say he is inactive either....

ASQ's site has an article about Juran at
http://www.asq.org/news/news_releases/030701juran.html - Joseph M. Juran
Will Present Award at the American Society for Quality's Annual Congress
March 7, 2001

2) A few web sites talk about Pareto observing that 20% of his peapods gave
80% of his peas, but I cannot find anything in the online versions of
Pareto's (or Juran's) writings to support this.  Is it made up?

Pareto was an Italian economist of the 19th century.  He determined that 80%
of the Italian economy was controlled by 20% of the population.  See
http://www.cpm.ll.ehime-u.ac.jp/AkamacHomePage/Akamac_E-text_Links/Pareto.ht
ml or http://www.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/ecowww/rdixon/pareto.html

Steve Prevette
QA Engineer, ESH Radiological Compliance
Fluor Hanford, A Fluor Global Services Company
ASQ Certified Quality Engineer
steven_s_prevette@rl.gov
509-373-9371