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George Dantzig
American mathematician (1914–2005)
George Bernard Dantzig (; November 8, 1914 – May 13, 2005) was an American mathematical scientist who made contributions to industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics.
Dantzig is known for his development of the simplex algorithm,[1] an algorithm for solving linear programming problems, and for his other work with linear programming. In statistics, Dantzig solved two open problems in statistical theory, which he had mistaken for homework after arriving late to a lecture by Jerzy Spława-Neyman.[2]
At his death, Dantzig was professor emeritus of Transportation Sciences and Professor of Operations Research and of Computer Science at Stanford University.
Early life
Born in Portland, Oregon, George Bernard Dantzig was named after George Bernard Shaw, the Irish writer.[3][4] He was born to Jewish parents; his father, Tobias Dantzig, was a mathematician and linguist, and his mother, Anja Dantzig (née Ourisson), was a Russian-born ling
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Biography
George Dantzig's parents were Tobias Dantzig and Anja Ourisson. Tobias was born in Russia, but went to France where he studied mathematics in Paris being taught there by Poincaré. At this time Tobias met Anja who was at the Sorbonne at this time also studying mathematics. They married and emigrated to the United States, settling in Oregon. Tobias believed that his strong Russian accent would prevent him from obtaining jobs other than as a labourer, and at first his jobs included that of lumberjack, road builder and painter. It was into this very poor family that George was born.Tobias and Anja chose names for their children hoping that these would influence their future careers. George was named "George Bernard" after George Bernard
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Memorial Tributes: Volume 12 (2008)
Management Sciences and a founder of the Mathematical Programming Society. He was the first recipient of the Operations Research Society of America’s von Neumann Theory Prize and the first inductee into the International Federation of Operational Research Societies’ Operational Research Hall of Fame. He was awarded the Silver Medal of the British Operational Research Society and the Harvey Prize in Science and Technology from Technion University. In 1975, President Ford presented him with the National Medal of Science.
George was born on November 8, 1914, in Portland, Oregon, the first of two sons of Tobias and Anja (Ourisson) Dantzig. Tobias, who was Russian, and Anja, who was Polish, met at the Sorbonne where they both studied mathematics; they moved to Oregon in 1910, where Tobias held a variety of jobs—lumberjack, road builder, housepainter—before he obtained a teaching position at Indiana University. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics there in 1916. He then taught at Johns Hopkins University and the Univers
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