Advanced Physics for Brachytherapy 2018

Shewhart: Father of Statistical Quality Control

Walter Andrew Shewhart (1891–1967)

1917: Ph.D. in Physics, University of California, Berkeley

1918: Joined Western Electric Company (supplier to AT&T)

1924: Invented the Control Diagram

1924-1932: Initiated study on sensitivity of worker productivity to light I mprovements were later attributed to management attention