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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

John Wilder Tukey

Title:

Professor of Statistics

Affiliation:

Princeton University

Princeton,New Jersey 08540 USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2000

Award Discipline:

Mathematics and Computer Science

Award Year:

1973

Citation:

"For his studies in mathematical and theoretical statistics, particularly his pioneering work on broad analysis and synthesis problems of complex systems, and for his outstanding contributions to the applications of statistics to the physical, social, and engineering sciences."

Presented by President Nixon at a White House Ceremony on October 10, 1973.

 

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