Leo Goodman
Leo A. Goodman | |
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Born | R. A. Fisher Lectureship (1968) Wilks Memorial Award (1985) | August 7, 1928
Scientific career | |
Fields | Statistics |
Institutions | University of Chicago, University of California, Berkeley |
Doctoral advisor | John Tukey, Samuel S. Wilks |
Leo Aria Goodman (August 7, 1928 – December 22, 2020) was an American
Education
Goodman was born in Brooklyn. He attended Stuyvesant High School[1] and he then went on to earn his AB degree summa cum laude from Syracuse University in 1948, majoring in mathematics and sociology.[2] He was class valedictorian. He moved to Princeton for postgraduate work in mathematical statistics, receiving his masters and doctorate in 1950.[2]
Work
Goodman began his career in 1950 at the University of Chicago, where he would stay, save for a number of visiting professorships, until 1987.[2] Since 1987, he has been Class of 1938 Professor in the Sociology Department and the Statistics Department at the University of California, Berkeley.[2]
Awards and distinctions
He was elected as a
Personal life and death
He was married to Ann Davidow; the marriage ended in divorce. He and his ex-wife had two children and were godparents to Sylvia Plath's first child, Frieda Hughes.[6]
Goodman died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in California.[7]
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ S2CID 88512370.
- ^ View/Search Fellows of the ASA Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2016-07-23.
- ^ "Leo A. Goodman". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
- ^ Anwar, Yasmin (2021-01-15). "Leo Goodman, trailblazer in statistics and social sciences, dies at 92". Berkeley News. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ ‘A giant in his field’: UC Berkeley professor emeritus Leo Goodman dies at 92