Early Life
Juran was born to a Jewish family in 1904 in Brăila, Romania, and later lived in Gura Humorului. He was one of six children born to Jakob and Gitel Juran. He had 3 sisters Rebecca but her nickname was Betty, Minerva who earned a doctoral degree and had a career in education and Charlotte. He had two brothers Nathan H. Juran and Rudolph who was known as Rudy, Rudy founded a municipal bond company In 1912, he emigrated to America with his family, settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Juran excelled in school, especially in mathematics. He was a chess champion at an early age, and dominated chess at Western Electric. Juran graduated from Minneapolis South High School in 1920.
In 1924, with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Juran joined Western Electric's Hawthorne Works. His first job was troubleshooting in the Complaint Department. In 1925, Bell Labs proposed that Hawthorne Works personnel be trained in its newly developed statistical sampling and control chart techniques. Juran was chosen to join the Inspection Statistical Department, a small group of engineers charged with applying and disseminating Bell Labs' statistical quality control innovations. This highly visible position fueled Juran's rapid ascent in the organization and the course of his later career.
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