Steven Banks

Steven M. Banks, Ph.D. 51, of Middleburgh, NY died suddenly, Friday Aug. 10, 2007 in Temple Terrace FL.

A native of Rockville, MD, Dr. Banks was born on July 15, 1956 in Washington, D.C., a son of Joseph and Charlotte Newman Banks. Dr. Banks held Research Associate Professorships in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts, and the Louis de la Parte Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida. He was a Mathematical Statistician in the Critical Care Medicine Department of the National Institutes of Health. A nationally recognized expert in the field of mental heath statistics, Dr. Banks received his doctorate in Mathematics from the University at Albany in 1987. He was the Chief Mathematician of the Bristol Observatory and founding partner of Paradigm Associates.
Dr. Banks was the author of hundreds of articles appearing in professional journals and held a U.S. patent for a method of estimating population size. In 1990, he received the Director's Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. In 2002, he received the Guttmacher Award for Rethinking Risk Assessment.

Steve was a cancer survivor of more than fifteen years. He loved thinking about problems and worked tirelessly with scientists in many different fields to solve them.

He is survived by his wife, Cheryl McCathran, whom he married on December 30, 1978 and by
His Parents Joseph and Charlotte Banks of Rockville, MD;
And Sisters Amy (Stuart) McIntire of Germantown MD,
Nancy (Joseph) Cauley of Columbia MD,
Beth (Terry) Colvin of Windermere, FL;
And Brother Jeffrey (Barbara) Banks of Rockville MD;
And 14 nieces and nephews.

A Service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday Aug. 18, 2007 at the Palmer & Shaylor, Inc. Funeral Home, 134 River St., Middleburgh, NY. Calling hours will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday Aug. 17, 2007 at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Steven M. Banks Memorial Fund c/o TD Bank North, 343 Delaware Ave. Delmar, NY12054, in lieu of flowers.