Papers, 1930-1983

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Papers, 1930-1983

This collection contains correspondence, writings, and publications. The majority of the correspondence is with Frederick Mosteller (MS-610), a professor of mathematical statistics at Harvard University. The collection includes a wide-ranging correspondence, photographs, published and unpublished writings, lectures and speeches, clippings, honors, and research materials. Organizations and corporate bodies represented in the collection include the American Public Health Association, Army Air Force, Federal Security Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, International College of Surgeons, Mayo Clinic, and the National Academy of Sciences. A related collection is MS-349, the American Statistical Association Records.

0.84 linear ft. (2 document boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8298611

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Berkson, Joseph (1899-1982)

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Physician and statistician Joseph Berkson was born in New York City in 1899. He received a B.S. (1920) at City College, New York; an A.M. (1922) at Columbia University; an M.D. (1927) and an Sc.D. (1928) at Johns Hopkins University. Berkson was employed as Professor of Biometry at the University of Minnesota as well as head of the biometry and medical statistics division at the Mayo Clinic from 1932-1964. Berkson was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1979. From the descri...

Mosteller, Frederick, 1916-2006

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Frederick Mosteller taught mathematical statistics in the Department of Social Relations and the Department of Statistics, 1946 to 1987, and was Irving Professor of Mathematical Statistics in the School of Public Health. From the description of Papers of Frederick Mosteller, 1946-1988 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77061000 Frederick Mosteller, 1916- , BSc, 1938, MSc, 1939, Carnegie Institute of Technology; AM, 1941, PhD, 1946, Princeton University; R...

Mayo Clinic.

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