G.S. Maddala was an Indian-American economist and statistician. He was born on March 5, 1933, in India and passed away on June 4, 1999. Maddala made significant contributions to the fields of econometrics, statistics, and economics. He earned his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Chicago and held faculty positions at various prestigious institutions, including Stanford University, the University of Florida, and Ohio State University. Maddala was best known for his work on econometric modeling and time series analysis.