Jacob Wolfowitz

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American statistician (1910-1981)

United States AcademicsLived 1910 to 1981 · aged 71

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Jacob Wolfowitz was a Polish-born American Jewish statistician and Shannon Award-winning information theorist. He was the father of former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and World Bank Group President Paul Wolfowitz.

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1979Claude E. Shannon Award

1965Guggenheim Fellowship

1957Fellow of the Econometric Society

1943Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Fellow of the American Statistical Association

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ChildPaul Wolfowitz

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Thomas KailathAlso won Claude E. Shannon Award Emery BrownAlso won Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Mary van KleeckAlso won Fellow of the American Statistical Association

Jean-François Le GallAlso won Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics Lee CronbachAlso won Fellow of the American Statistical Association

James MasseyAlso won Claude E. Shannon Award

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