Galen Shorack
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Galen Richard Shorack (born 14 May 1939) is an American statistician.
Shorack completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics at the University of Oregon in 1960 and 1962, respectively.[1] He then obtained a Ph.D in statistics from Stanford University in 1965, authoring the doctoral dissertation Nonparametric Tests and Estimation of Scale in the Two Sample Problem under the direction of Lincoln E. Moses.[1][2] Shorack joined the University of Washington faculty upon earning his doctorate in 1965, and remained on the faculty until 1980, when he retired and was granted emeritus status.[1][3]
Shorack was elected to fellowship of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 1974.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Galen R. Shorack (personal homepage)". Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Galen Shorack at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Galen R. Shorack EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON". University of Washington. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ "Honored IMS Fellows". Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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