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David Blackwell papers, 1945-1995.
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David Blackwell papers, 1945-1995Creator/Contributor:
Blackwell, David, 1919-2010, creator, creator.Abstract:
Contains reprints, a biography and bibliography, correspondence, a broadside for a lecture, clippings about Blackwell and
photographs. Many reprints cover Blackwell's research on game theory.
Date:
1945 (issued)Subject:
Blackwell, David -- 1919-2010 -- ArchivesBlackwell, David -- 1919-2010 -- Correspondence
University of California, Berkeley. -- Department of Statistics -- Faculty
Howard University -- Faculty
Game theory -- History
Statistics -- Study and teaching -- California -- Berkeley
Statistics -- Research -- California -- Berkeley
African American mathematicians -- United States
College teachers -- California -- Berkeley
College teachers -- Washington (D.C.)
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David Blackwell served as emeritus professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, where
he taught starting in 1954. Berkeley. He received his AB (1938), AM (1939), and PhD (1941) in Statistics from the University
of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, Blackwell served as
a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study (1941) and Chair of the Dept. of Mathematics at Howard University (1944-1954).
He has served as President of the American Statistical Society and Vice President of the America Mathematics Society, and
was also the first African American inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. In 1979, Blackwell won the von Neumann
Theory Prize from the Operations Research Society of America.
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Faculty papers.Reprints.
Photographs.
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print
0.4 (1 box)
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English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
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