The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
David Blackwell
Title:
Professor Emeritus of Statistics
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley,California 94720 USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
2010
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Award Year:
2012
Citation:
"For fundamental contributions to probability theory, mathematical statistics, information theory, mathematical logic, and Blackwell games, which have had a lasting impact on critical endeavors such as drug testing, computer communications, and manufacturing."
Award presented by President Barack Obama to David Blackwell's children, represented by Hugo Blackwell and Sara Blackwell Hunt, at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 20, 2014.
Posthumous