P. TZORTZOPOULOS, PhD.

CURRICULUM VITAE

BASIC INFORMATION

SURNAME ( FAMILY NAME ) TZORTZOPOULOS

NAME ( CHRISTIAN NAME )

PANAGIOTIS

FATHER’S NAME

THEODOROS

MOTHER’S CHRISTIAN NAME

ELENI

MOTHER’S SURNAME

TZORTZOPOULOU

DATE OF BIRTH
APRIL 24, 1935

PLACE OF BIRTH
KARAVAS, KYTHERA, GREECE

MARITAL STATUS

MARRIED to VASSILIKI RALLI

CHILDREN
THEODOROS, born 23.8.1963

GRAND CHILDREN
VASSILIKI, PANAGIOTIS

PROFESSION
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

ADDRESS
7, Esperidon Street,
153 51 PALLINI
GREECE

TELEPHONE

210 6659081

FAX 210 6655404

Email Panagiotis Tzortzopoulos here

STUDIES, CAREER, POSTS

1954-58 Undergraduate studies at the Athens University of Economics and
Business ( BSc in economics, 1958 )
1958-59 Military service ( Army General Staff, interpreter in English )
1959-76 Economic Research Department, Central Bank of Greece, economist
( resigned in 1976 to work only with the Athens University of Economics and Business )
1966-69 Postgraduate studies at the University of London, London School of
Economics ( PhD in economic statistics, 1969 )
1974-2002 Professor of statistics, Athens University of Economics and Business,
Department of Statistics
1982-84 Rector, Athens University of Economics and Business
1984-86 Secretary General, Ministry of National Education and Religion
1987-88 Secretary General, Ministry of the Presidency of the Government
1993-2004 Secretary General of the Hellenic Parliament
2003-05 Secretary General, Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism
and Democracy ( Foundation of the Hellenic Parliament )


OTHER ACTIVITIES

July 1972 -Representative of Greece in the 1972 Conference of ECOSOC,
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations ( Geneva )
1977-83 -President of the Price Research Council ( research in price movements
of imported and exported commodities, overpricing and underpricing
malpractices )
1982-86 -Member of the Committee for the compilation of Consumer Price Index
of Greece ( National Statistical Service of Greece )
1981-93 -Teaching in various seminars ( Greek Society of Operational Research,
Sales Promotion Organization, Open University seminars, University of Salonica, Centre of Economic Research of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Army and Navy Schools of War etc )
-Chairman of the Committee for University Entrance Examinations in Greece ( 1984,1985 )
-Chairman of the Council for Higher Education and the Council for Technical Education ( 1984-1986 )
-Member of the Committee of Experts for the creation of the University of Cyprus (1986-1988 )
-President of the Foundation established by Anargyros and Korialenis at the island of Spetses, 1989
-National Representative of Greece in CERI and ( for educational matters ) in OECD, 1989
1990-97 -Deputy Chairman of the Statistics Department, Athens University of
Economics and Business
1990-2000 -Member of the Electorate body in various university departments
( University of Patras, University of Crete, University of the Aegean,
University of Piraeus ) for the election of teaching staff members
1993-2003 -Member of the ( international ) Association of Secretaries General of
Parliaments ( conferences in Cairo, Moscow, Lisbon, Berlin etc )

1998- Member of the Greek Humanitarian Non Governmental Organization called
“Heart Doctors”( humanitarian assistance such as medicines, medical care,
provision of foodstuffs, construction of school buildings etc. in 35 poor
countries of Africa and Asia )



PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

Royal statistical society ( London )
Greek Statistical Institute
Greek Economic Society


PUBLICATIONS, HANDBOOKS, RESEARCH

1. Demand for Radios in Greece ( Demand for Durables – an econometric
investigation ). Bank of Greece, Economic Research Department, Series of Special
Studies. No 10, Athens 1964 ( in Greek )
2. Non-Urban Consumption Patterns in Greece, An Analysis of the 1963-64
Household Budgets, 1969 ( PhD Thesis, University of London, )
3. Statistical Measurement of Consumption Equivalence Scales, Athens 1972 ( in
Greek )
4. Equal Marking of All Levels of Preparation in Multiple Choice Exams:
Statistical Study of the Design (N, K, 1), Spoudes, 1979 ( in Greek )
5. Transformation of Mathematical Functions for Trends, Studies in Honour of E.
Margaritis, Piraeus School of Industrial Studies, 1981 ( in Greek )
6. Additional Binomial Tests in Control Charts. 4th National Conference of
Operational Research ( 24-26 June ), Spoudes, 1981 ( in Greek )
7. Binomial Tests for Sequences of Points Falling between Symmetrical Control
Limits. American Institute for Decision Sciences, Eleventh Annual Meeting,
Western Regional Conference, Proceedings and Abstracts, San Diego, California,
March 17-19, 1982 [ editor: Daniel G. Brooks, William A. Verdini, Arizona State
University, Tempe, Arizona ]
8. Binomial Tests for Sequences of Points Falling between Symmetrical Quality
Control Limits, Scientific Yearbook of the Athens Graduate School of Economics
And Business, Athens 1984 ( pp. 87-114 )
9. Price Research Council Activities ( overpricing – underpricing ). Paper on “Tax
Evasion”. Problems of the Greek Economy (Lectures and Discussions).
Publication of the Athens Graduate School of Economics and Business. Athens
1984( in Greek )
10. Activities of the Athens Graduate School of Economics and Business during the
academic years 1982-83 and 1983-84. Rector’s report. Publication of the Athens
Graduate School of Economics and Business, Athens 1984 ( in Greek )
11. Random Results in Multiple Choice Examination. Scientific Yearbook of the
Athens Graduate School of Economics and Business. Volume in honour of
Professor Pindaros Christodoulopoulos. Athens 1986, pp. 331-348 ( in Greek )
12. Role and Importance of Statistical Information in Political Decision Making.
Paper read in an International Conference organized by the National Statistical
Service of Greece and the Eurostat, Athens, 6-9 December 1994, Proceedings,
Volume A, pp.83-94.
13. Foreign Trade Concentration and Classification Bases, in “Essays in Honour
of Constantine Drakatos” by G. Alogoskoufis, T. Kollintzas and G. Provopoulos,
Papazisis Publishers, Athens 1994, pp. 263-274
14. Signalling Power of 3-Sigma Control Limits for Variables, Essays on European
Law, Economics and Business, Volume in Honour of Professor Demosthenis
Krimbas, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, 1997
15. Private Debts in 19th Century Karavas of Kythera – evidence from private
notarial documents, Nostos, Athens 2002, pp.341-358
16. Property Transfers in Karavas of Kythera during the British Dominion-evidence
from a a small sample of private notarial documents, Nostos, Athens 2005,
pp. 137-161
17. Handbooks ( in Greek ):
- Time Series Analysis, Athens, 1978, 1985
- Index Numbers. Exercises and Subjects for Research, Athens 1978, 1984,
2002 ( with Alexandra Livada )
- Sampling, Athens, 1978, 1985
- Control Charts for Variables, Subjects of Theoretical and Applied
Statistics (2), Athens 1980
- Examinations by Multiple Choice, Subjects of Theoretical and Applied
Statistics (3), Athens 1980
- Statistical Quality Control, Subjects fo Theoretical and Applied Statistics
(1) Athens, 1981
- Organizing Sampling Research, Subjects of Theoretical and Applied
Statistics (4), Athens, 1983, 1986
- Greek Statistics of Employment, Unemployment and Wages, Subjects of
Theoretical and Applied Statistics (5), Athens, 1983
- Index Numbers Sampling Errors, Subjects of Theoretical and Applied
Statistics (6), Athens, 1984
- Index Numbers, Athens, 1991