Ingram Olkin
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Ingram Olkin in 1986
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| Born |
July 23, 1924 Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 2016 (aged 91) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Alma mater |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Columbia University City College of New York |
| Doctoral advisor | S. N. Roy |
| Doctoral students |
Leon Gleser Larry V. Hedges |
Ingram Olkin (July 23, 1924 – April 28, 2016) was a professor emeritus and chair of statistics and education at Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He is known for developing statistical analysis for evaluating policies, particularly in education, and for his contributions to meta-analysis, statistics education, multivariate analysis, and majorization theory.
Olkin was born in 1924 in Waterbury, Connecticut. He received a B.S. in mathematics at the City College of New York, an M.A. from Columbia University, and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. Olkin also studied with Harold Hotelling. Olkin's advisor was S. N. Roy and his Ph.D. thesis was "On distribution problems in multivariate analysis" submitted in 1951.
Olkin died from complications of colorectal cancer at his home in Palo Alto, California on April 28, 2016, aged 91.
Olkin was awarded the first Elizabeth Scott Award from the American Statistical Association for his achievements in supporting women in statistics.
In 1962 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. In 1984, he was President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Olkin is a Guggenheim, Fulbright, and Lady Davis Fellow, with an honorary doctorate from De Montfort University.
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