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Solomon Kullback

American mathematician and cryptanalyst (1907-1994) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 87

Solomon Kullback was an American cryptanalyst and mathematician, who was one of the first three employees hired by William F. Friedman at the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, along with Frank Rowlett and Abraham Sinkov.

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Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics1942
Wilks Memorial Award
Fellow of the American Statistical Association

About this person

He went on to a long and distinguished career at SIS and its eventual successor, the National Security Agency (NSA). Kullback was the Chief Scientist at the NSA until his retirement in 1962, whereupon he took a position at the George Washington University.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1994 · aged 87

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