2001年2月,美国质量学会把全球质量界公认的最高荣誉——ASQ终身荣誉会员的第19顶桂冠,授予了前任会长菲利浦·克劳斯比,半年后他在美国北卡罗莱纳州逝世,享年75岁。媒体评价说:他所倡导的“零缺陷、第一次就把事情做对”的哲学概念“创造了永恒的质量符号,改变了美国人做人做事的方法”。 February 2001, the American Society of Quality recognized the highest quality of the world's highest honor - ASQ lifetime honorary member of the 19th top title awarded to the former president Philip Klaus than half a year later in North Carolina Nathan died, at the age of 75 years. The media commented that the philosophical concept of “zero defect and right first time” advocated by him “created an eternal quality symbol and changed the way Americans behave and behave.”