Herman Chernoff

Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist. He was formerly a professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Stanford, and MIT, currently emeritus at Harvard University.[1][2]

Herman Chernoff
Herman Chernoff speaking in New York on October 6, 2015
Born (1923-07-01) July 1, 1923
CitizenshipUnited States
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Scientific career
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Thesis Studentization in testing of hypotheses  (1948)
Doctoral advisorAbraham Wald
Notable students
  • Stuart Geman
  • Joseph B. Kadane

Early life and education

Herman Chernoff's parents were Pauline and Max Chernoff, Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire. He studied at Townsend Harris High School[2] and earned a B.S. in mathematics from the City College of New York in 1943.[3] He attended graduate school at Brown University, earning an M.Sc. in applied mathematics in 1945, and a Ph.D. in applied mathematics in 1948 under the supervision of Abraham Wald.[3][4]

Recognition

Chernoff became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1974,[5] and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1980.[6] In 1987, he was selected for the Wilks Memorial Award by the American Statistical Association,[7] and in 2012, he was made an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[8]

Chernoff turned 100 on July 1, 2023.[9]

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