Leonard Jimmie Savage

Leonard Jimmie Savage
Born(1917-11-20)20 November 1917
Died1 November 1971(1971-11-01) (aged 53)
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (B.A., Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Statistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
Princeton University
Yale University
Columbia University
University of Michigan
Doctoral advisorSumner Myers
Doctoral studentsDon Berry
Morris H. DeGroot
Roy Radner
William S. Cleveland

Leonard Jimmie Savage (born Leonard Ogashevitz; 20 November 1917 – 1 November 1971) was an American mathematician and statistician. Economist Milton Friedman said Savage was "one of the few people I have met whom I would unhesitatingly call a genius."[1]

  1. ^ Friedman, Milton; Friedman, Rose (1998). Two Lucky People: Memoirs. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 146. ISBN 0-226-26414-9.

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