The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Bradley Efron
Title:
Max H. Stein Professor of Humanities and Sciences
Affiliation:
Stanford University
Sequoia Hall, 390 Serra Mall
Stanford,California 94305 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
2005
Citation:
"For his contributions to theoretical and applied statistics, especially the bootstrap sampling technique; for his extraordinary geometric insight into nonlinear statistical problems; and for applications in medicine, physics, and astronomy."
Awarded by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony on July 27, 2007.