Steve Selvin: key obituary facts
Is Steve Selvin dead? Yes. Steve Selvin died on September 30, 2026, at age 85.
Cause of death: Steve Selvin's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Steve Selvin known for?
He was an American statistician.
More about Steve Selvin
Born: 4 July 1941.
Gender: male.
Occupation: mathematician, statistician.
Nationality: United States.
Education: University of California, Berkeley.
Employer: University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan.
Spouse: Nancy Selvin.
Children: Elizabeth Selvin.
Steve Selvin, an American statistician and professor emeritus of biostatistics at the University of California, Berkeley, died September 30, 2026, aged 85.
Born July 4, 1941, he studied at Berkeley and joined the School of Public Health faculty in 1972. Five years later, he became head of its biostatistics division, and as chair of the Undergraduate Management Committee he helped develop the school’s undergraduate program.
Selvin also taught epidemiology as an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan from 1990 to 1998. His teaching at Berkeley was recognized with the university’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 1983 and the School of Public Health’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 1998. In 2011, he received a Berkeley Citation. His work in biostatistics and epidemiology included more than 200 published papers and several textbooks. Selvin’s family included his wife, Nancy, and daughter, Elizabeth.