• 1900 •

1900 - William Edwards Deming was born October 14, 1900
• 1921 •

1921 - Deming received a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
• 1921 •

1921 - Deming received a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Wyoming at Laramie.
• 1925 •

1925 - Deming received a MS from the University of Colorado
• 1927 •

1927 - In 1927, Deming was introduced to Walter A. Shewhart of the Bell Telephone Laboratories by C.H. Kunsman of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Deming found great inspiration in the work of Shewhart, the originator of the concepts of statistical control of processes and the related technical tool of the control chart, as Deming began to move toward the application of statistical methods to industrial production and management. Shewhart's idea of common and special causes of variation led directly to Deming's theory of management. Deming saw that these ideas could be applied not only to manufacturing processes, but also to the processes by which enterprises are led and managed. This key insight made possible his enormous influence on the economics of the industrialized world after 1950.
• 1928 •

1928 - Deming received a PhD from Yale University.
• 1936 •

1936 - He studied under Sir Ronald Fisher and Jerzy Neyman at University College, London, England.
• 1938 •

W. E. Deming invites Shewhart to present seminars on control charts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School.
• 1939 •

1939 - Deming edited Into a book a series of lectures delivered by Shewhart at USDA, Statistical Method from the Viewpoint of Quality Control.
• 1940 •

Deming Used The thesis developed by Shewhart and creates a Asystem calle statistica process Contro or SPC
• 1940 •

1940 Deming developed the sampling techniques that were used for the first time during the 1940 U.S. Census, formulating the Deming-Stephan algorithm for iterative proportional fitting in the process.[17] During World War II, Deming was a member of the five-man Emergency Technical Committee. He worked with H.F. Dodge, A.G. Ashcroft, Leslie E. Simon, R.E. Wareham, and John Gaillard in the compilation of the American War Standards (American Standards Association Z1.1–3 published in 1942)[18] and taught SPC techniques to workers engaged in wartime production. Statistical methods were widely applied during World War II, but faded into disuse a few years later in the face of huge overseas demand for American mass-produced products.
• 1946 •

Deming is invited to Japan by the Economic and Scientific Services Section of the U.S. War Department to help occupation forces in rebuilding Japanese industry
• 1946-1949 •

1946–1949 Deming is invited to give statistical quality control seminars to Japanese industry
• 1950 •

Deming begins education of Japanese industrial managers; statistical quality control methods begin to be widely taught in Japan.
• 1950 •

1950 - Deming is best known for his work in Japan after WWII, particularly his work with the leaders of Japanese industry. That work began in July and August 1950, in Tokyo and at the Hakone Convention Center,[9] when Deming delivered speeches on what he called "Statistical Product Quality Administration"
• 1951 •

JUSE establishes the Deming Prize for significant achievement in quality control and quality methodology
• 1985 •

From 1985 through 1989, Deming served as a consultant to Vernay Laboratories, a rubber manufacturing firm in Yellow Springs, Ohio, with fewer than 1,000 employees. He held several week-long seminars for employees and suppliers of the small company where his famous example "Workers on the Red Beads" spurred several major changes in Vernay's manufacturing processes.
• 1987 •

1987 - President Ronald Reagan awarded him the National Medal of Technology. The following year, the National Academy of Sciences gave Deming the Distinguished Career in Science award.
• 1987 •

1987 - He was awarded the National Medal of Technology: "For his forceful promotion of statistical methodology, for his contributions to sampling theory, and for his advocacy to corporations and nations of a general management philosophy that has resulted in improved product quality." In 1988, he received the Distinguished Career in Science award from the National Academy of Sciences.[13]
• 1988 •

1988 - Deming joined the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University.
• 1990 •

1990 - Marshall Industries (NYSE:MI, 1984–1999) CEO Robert Rodin trained with the then 90-year-old Deming and his colleague Nida Backaitis. Marshall Industries' dramatic transformation and growth from $400 million to $1.8 billion in sales was chronicled in Deming's last book The New Economics, a Harvard Case Study, and Rodin's book, Free, Perfect and Now.
• 1993 •

1993 - Deming published his final book, The New Economics for Industry, Government, Education, which included the System of Profound Knowledge and the 14 Points for Management. It also contained educational concepts involving group-based teaching without grades, as well as management without individual merit or performance reviews.
• 1993 •

1993 - He founded the W. Edwards Deming Institute in Washington, DC, where the Deming Collection at the U.S. Library of Congress includes an extensive audiotape and videotape archive. The aim of the institute is to "Enrich society through the Deming philosophy."