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.