Ralph B. D'Agostino Sr.

Recognition Professor D'Agostino has received many honors. He received the Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching from Boston University in 1985. He was elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1990 and of the American Heart Association in 1991.

Personal life D'Agostino was born in Sommerville, Massachusetts to Benedetto D'Agostino and Carmela D'Agostino (Piemonte). He married LeiLanie D'Agostino (Carta) on August 28, 1965. LeiLanie played an instrumental role in both his family, helping raise their two children, LeiLanie and Ralph, and his research career. His son, Ralph B. D'Agostino, Jr., is a biostatistics professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and fellow of the American Statistical Association (elected 2013). His granddaughter, Lucy D'Agostino McGowan is also a biostatistician and an associate professor in the Department of Statistical Sciences at Wake Forest University. D'Agostino died in his home in North Carolina on September 27, 2023.