John W. Fraas, the Board of Trustees’ distinguished professor emeritus, taught statistics at Ashland University in the Schools of Business, Economics, and Education for nearly four decades. While at Ashland University, he was awarded numerous teaching awards including the first Teaching Excellence Award given by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. He has published over thirty-five journal articles dealing with applied statistics in the fields of business management, economics, and education. In addition, he authored a text entitled Basic Concepts in Educational Research and its corresponding workbook (University Press of America).