Harold Hotelling papers, 1910-1975.

Institute of Mathematical Statistics.

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The Institute of Mathematical Statistics is an international professional and scholarly society devoted to the development, dissemination, and application of statistics and probability. The Institute currently (2009) has approximately 4,500 members in all parts of the world. From the description of Records, 1965-[ongoing] (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 237112417 ...

Wilks, S.S. (Samuel Stanley), 1906-1964

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Samuel Stanley Wilks was a mathematician and statistician. He taught at Princeton University. From the description of Papers, 1940-1963. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122364924 educator and editor. He stressed the close relationship of theoretical and applied statistics, and was concerned that the American public understand mathematics as a large body of theory and applications woven into engineering, the sciences and practical af...

University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill Campus). Department of Statistics.

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Hotelling, Harold, 1895-1973

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Harold Hotelling, 1895-1973, mathematical statistician and mathematical economist, taught at Columbia University from 1931 until he left in 1946 to establish the Institute of Statistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During the Second World War Hotelling did research in Columbia University's Statistical Research Group. Later he was involved in research for the Office of Naval Research at Chapel Hill. He was active in many professional organizations, especially the Institute ...

Columbia University. Statistical Research Group

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United States. Office of Naval Research

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The original "Survey of large-scale computers and computer projects" was published by the Office of Naval Research in 1947 and 1948. It was revised and updated in 1950 under the title, HIGH-SPEED COMPUTING DEVICES (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950). This work was contracted out to the Minneapolis, Minn., firm of Engineering Research Associates and was an attempt to survey the state of computer technology at a time when the Navy was weighing the possibility of supporting the development of the electro...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Institute of Statistics.

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Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949

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Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875-1949), physician and educator, served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1929 to 1933. From the description of Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10582818 American educator; United States secretary of the interior, 1929-1933; president, Stanford University, 1916-1943. From the description of Ray Lyman Wilbur papers, 1906-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867219 ...

Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001

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Nathan Marsh Pusey (1907-2001) was the twenty-fourth president of Harvard University from 1953 to 1971. He was also president of Lawrence College (1944-1953), president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (1971-1975), and president of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia (1978-1983). Pusey's tenure as president was defined by new building construction, greater fundraising, and struggles with student protestors. From the description of Papers of Nathan Marsh Pusey, 1...

Proxmire, William

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Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006

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American economist, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976. From the description of The future of capitalism, Feb. 7, 1977 [sound recording]. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 40431294 American economist; member, President's Economic Policy Advisory Board, 1981-1988. From the description of Milton Friedman papers, 1931-2006. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870797 ...