Morris H. DeGroot

Morris Herman DeGroot
Morris Herman DeGroot
Born	June 8, 1931; Scranton, Pennsylvania
Died	November 2, 1989 (aged 58); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alma mater	Roosevelt University ; University of Chicago
	Scientific career
Fields	Statistics
Workplaces	Carnegie Mellon University
Doctoral advisor	Leonard Jimmie Savage
Doctoral students	Kathryn Chaloner

Morris Herman DeGroot (June 8, 1931 – November 2, 1989) was an American statistician.

Biography

Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, DeGroot graduated from Roosevelt University and earned master's and doctor's degrees from the University of Chicago. DeGroot joined Carnegie Mellon in 1957 and became a university professor, the school's highest faculty position, serving in that position until his death from lung cancer in 1989.

He was the founding editor of the review journal Statistical Science.

Academic works

He wrote six books, edited four volumes and authored over one hundred papers. Most of his research was on the theory of rational decision-making under uncertainty. His Optimal Statistical Decisions, published in 1970, is still recognized as one of the great books in the field. His courses on statistical decision theory taught at Carnegie-Mellon influenced Edward C. Prescott and Robert Lucas, Jr.,^[1] influential figures in the development of new classical macroeconomics and real business-cycle theory. DeGroot's undergraduate text, Probability and Statistics, published in 1975, is widely recognized as a classic textbook.

Books

DeGroot, M.H. & M.J. Schervish (2011), Probability and Statistics, 4th Ed, Pearson, ISBN 978-0-3215-0046-5
DeGroot, M.H. & M.J. Schervish (2011), Student Solutions Manual for Probability and Statistics, Pearson, ISBN 978-0-3217-1598-2
DeGroot, M.H. and M.J. Schervish (2002). Probability and Statistics (third ed.). Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-201-52488-8.
DeGroot, M.H. (1989), Probability and Statistics, 2nd Ed, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 978-0-2011-1366-2
DeGroot, Morris H., Optimal Statistical Decisions. Wiley Classics Library. 2004. (Originally published (1970) by McGraw-Hill.) ISBN 0-471-68029-X.
DeGroot, M.H., S.E. Fienberg & J.B. Kadane (1994), Statistics and the Law (1994), Wiley, ISBN 978-0-4710-5538-9
DeGroot, M.H. and R.M. Cyert (1987). Bayesian Analysis and Uncertainty in Economic Theory. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8476-7471-8.

Awards and honors

DeGroot was elected fellow of the American Statistical Association,^[2] the Institute of Mathematical Statistics,^[3] the International Statistical Institute, the Econometric Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

ISBA's DeGroot Prize is named for him.^[4]

References

↑ Persson, Torsten (1997). Economic Sciences, 1991–1995. World Scientific. pp. 237–245. ISBN 981-02-3060-5.
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↑ "DeGroot Prize". bayesian.org. International Society for Bayesian Analysis. 2005. Archived from the original on 2001-02-19. Retrieved 3 February 2015. The Prize is named for Morris H. ("Morrie") DeGroot

External links

Morris H. DeGroot at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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[1] Persson, Torsten (1997). Economic Sciences, 1991–1995. World Scientific. pp. 237–245. ISBN 981-02-3060-5.

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[degrootPrize-4] "DeGroot Prize". bayesian.org. International Society for Bayesian Analysis. 2005. Archived from the original on 2001-02-19. Retrieved 3 February 2015. The Prize is named for Morris H. ("Morrie") DeGroot

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