Samuel S. Wilks: The Statistician By Kristian Wilks – Lake Shore

The Early Years Born on June 17 th, 1906 in Little Elm, Texas – Parents: Chance C. and Bertha May Gammon Wilks – Siblings: Syrrel and William Wilks Lived on a 250-acre farm – Loved hunting and fishing as a child Built a radio at the age of 12 o.php?radio_box=25348

College Life Studied industrial arts at North Texas State Teachers College as an undergraduate Began teaching mathematics and manual arts at a high school College Life

College Life Began studying mathematics at the University of Texas – Received his master’s degree in 1928 Left Texas to study probability and statistics at the University of Iowa – Received his doctorate in 1931 College Life

Life After Graduation Awarded A National Research Council Fellowship by Columbia University for mathematics Served on the National Defense Research Committee – Award President’s Certificate of Merit Life After Graduation

Went on to marry Gena Orr in 1931 – Had a son named Stanley Neal Wilks Became an NRC Research Fellow working at… – University of London – University of Cambridge Went to teach Mathematics at Princeton Life After Graduation

Main Contributions “Blue-book” “Gray-book” Advanced Studies in… – Tolerance Limits – Average Confidence Limits Estimation of Confidence Regions Major Contributions

Main Contributions Editorship of the Annals Improving weapon design and production Helped found Institute of Mathematical Statistics and many other institutions Likelihood Ratio Test Advances Major Contributions

Main Contributions Annals of Mathematical Statistics – Where many of his works were published Biometrika Elementary Statistical Analysis – “Blue Book” Mathematical Statistics – “Gray Book” Important Publications

The Inevitable End Died in his sleep on March 7, 1964 at his Princeton home An award was named after him – The Stanley S. Wilks Award Greatly missed by the Statistic’s community The Inevitable End

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