A Mentor For Life
Gary Koch, Ph.D., has made a profound impact on Carolina.
Gary Koch, Ph.D., has made a profound impact on Carolina.
After more than 50 years at Carolina, authoring hundreds of influential research publications and teaching thousands of students, Gary Koch, Ph.D., has made a profound impact upon the University and statistics. Professor of biostatistics at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Koch co-founded Quintiles — one of the most successful contract research organizations in the pharmaceutical industry — in 1982. He easily could have focused only on business — but he kept his calling in cultivating several generations of biostatisticians. His devoted former students are quick to say that Koch is a lifelong mentor who continues to have a powerful influence on their lives.
This is story number 220 in the Carolina Stories 225th Anniversary Edition magazine.
