W. Allen Wallis

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American economist (1912-1998)

United States AcademicsLived 1912 to 1998 · aged 85

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Wilson Allen Wallis was an American economist and statistician who served as president of the University of Rochester. He is best known for the Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance, which is named after him and William Kruskal.

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Wallis Hall on the University of Rochester campus

January 1988 memo identifying Wallis as President Reagan's "personal representative" for policy matters during the administration's preparations for attending the 14th G7 summit in June.

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1948Fellow of the American Statistical Association

1944Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Wilks Memorial Award

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William Gemmell CochranAlso won Wilks Memorial Award Kingsley DavisAlso won Fellow of the American Statistical Association Charles SteinAlso won Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Nancy ReidAlso won Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

George W. SnedecorAlso won Wilks Memorial Award

Erich Leo LehmannAlso won Wilks Memorial Award

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