Remembering professor emeritus Carl Huberty

It is with great sadness that the College announces the passing of professor emeritus Carl Huberty on Monday, Dec. 28. After receiving his Ph.D. in educational statistics and research method from the University of Iowa, Huberty started his 33-year career at the University of Georgia teaching applied statistics in the College of Education and the Department of Statistics.

He served as professor, chair, and professor emeritus in the Department of Educational Psychology before and after his retirement in 2002. Additionally, Huberty acted as department head of the Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology in the School of Professional Studies from September 1992-August 1999.

Huberty was a world-renowned scholar on discriminant analysis, a multivariate technique in statistical methodology. He wrote two books on discriminant analysis, “Applied Discriminant Analysis” in 1994 and “Applied MANOVA and Discriminant Analysis” (co-authored with Stephen Olejnik) in 2006. He was the author of numerous articles for professional journals of applied statistics and a contributor to many edited books on applied statistics.

He also conducted numerous workshops on discriminant analysis in Australia, Belgium, and the U.S. and worked as a statistical consultant on the largest grant given by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at the time with PI Andy Horne. The grant, which was called the Multisite Violence Prevention Project (MVPP), was funded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, the CDC, the CDC Cooperative Agreements with Duke University, the University of Chicago-Illinois, the University of Georgia, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Huberty was a great teacher, a caring mentor, and valued colleague. He will be greatly missed.

View Huberty’s obituary on the Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes’ website.