Mister Deming earned a Master’s degree in______from the University of Colorado.

You will hear a talk about W. Edwards Deming, an American who helped Japan become an industrial giant after World War Ⅱ. W. Edwards Deming was born in the American state Iowa in 1900. His family was very poor when he was a child. The early experience gave Mister Deming a deep sympathy for poor people and a bitter hatred of waste. Mister Deming earned a Masters’ degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Colorado, and received a doctorate in physics from Yale University in 1928. After he graduated from Yale, Mister Deming worked as a federal government employee in Washington for several years. In 1947, he was sent to Japan to help with population studies there.
    Mister Deming already was recognized for his knowledge about the operation of companies. During the war, he had developed a plan to train American engineers in ideas needed to improve production.
    In 1950, Mister Deming taught for eight days in Japan. Eighty percent of Japan stopped business and industrial leaders attended the classes. He told them that they could do a better job than American companies if they would try to fill the demands of people who buy their products. He discussed ways to produce goods that would not break or wear out easily. His main ideas became known as methods of quality control.
    Japanese companies closely followed Mister Deming’s advice about industrial management. In about twenty years, products made by Japanese companies easily beat their competitor in international markets. For example, Japanese companies, like Sony and Panasonic, almost forced American television and radio industries out of business. At about the same time, Japanese car companies captured huge markets once led by the American automobile industry.