Meyer Dwass

Meyer Dwass
Born (1923-04-09)April 9, 1923
New Haven, Connecticut
Died July 15, 1996(1996-07-15) (aged 73)
Broadview, Illinois
Nationality American
Fields Probability theory
Statistics
Institutions Northwestern University
Alma mater University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctoral advisor Wassilij Höffding

Meyer Dwass (April 9, 1923 – July 15, 1996) was an American mathematical statistician known for his contributions to applied probability. Dwass was a professor of statistics at Northwestern University.[1]

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Dwass attended George Washington University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1948. Under supervision of Wassilij Höffding, he earned a Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1952.

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