David H. Blackwell AKA David Harold Blackwell, Sr. Born: 24-Apr-1919 Birthplace: Centralia, IL Died: 8-Jul-2010 Location of death: Berkeley, CA Cause of death: Stroke
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Mathematician, Educator Nationality: United States Executive summary: Bayesian statistics Father: (railroad worker) Sister: Elizabeth Cowan Son: Ann Madison Blackwell (d. 2006) Daughter: Julia Madison Blackwell (d.) Son: David Harold Blackwell, Jr. (d.) Son: Grover Johnson Blackwell (d.) Daughter: Ruth Blackwell Herch (d.) Son: Hugo Daughter: Ann Blackwell Daughter: Vera Gleason Daughter: Sarah Hunt Dahlquist
University: BA Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1938) University: MA Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1939) University: PhD Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1941) Professor: Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA (1942-43) Professor: Clark College, Atlanta, GA (1943-44) Professor: Howard University (1944-54) Professor: Stanford University (1950-51) Professor: University of California at Berkeley (1954-88)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1968) American Association for the Advancement of Science American Mathematical Society Vice President (1968-71) American Philosophical Society American Statistical Association Vice President (1978) Bernoulli Society for Mathematics and Probability President (1975-77)
Institute for Advanced Study Rosenwald Fellow (1941-42) Institute of Mathematical Statistics President (1955)
International Association for Statistics in the Physical Sciences President (1973)
International Statistical Institute Vice President (1975-77) National Academy of Sciences (1965) RAND Corporation Consultant (1948-50) Royal Statistical Society Honorary Fellow (1976) Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Tau Chapter Stroke
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