W. Allen Wallis

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W. Allen Wallis
President of the University of Rochester
In office
1962–1970
Preceded byCornelis W. de Kiewiet
Succeeded byRobert L. Sproull
Personal details
Born(1912-11-05)November 5, 1912
Independent (until 1984)[1]
The University of Chicago
ProfessionAdministrator

Wilson Allen Wallis (November 5, 1912 – October 12, 1998) was an American

Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance, which is named after him and William Kruskal
.

Early years

Born in

The University of Chicago in 1933, where he began what would prove to be lifelong friendships with Milton Friedman, Aaron Director and George Stigler
.

In 1936–37, he served as an economist and statistician for the National Resources Committee. During World War II, Wallis was the director of research of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development's Statistical Research Group (1942–46) at Columbia University; he recruited a team of bright young economists, including Friedman and Stigler, to the Statistical Research Group.

From 1948 to 1954, Wallis served as the treasurer of the

Mont Pèlerin Society.[4]

University administration

Wallis Hall on the University of Rochester campus

Wallis served as

The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business from 1956 to 1962. During his time as dean he established the "Chicago Approach to Business Education," which involved the application of statistical methodology to business.[5]

He became

president of the University of Rochester in 1962, a position he held until 1970, when he became the University of Rochester's chancellor and chief executive. In 1975, he relinquished the job of chief executive, but remained chancellor of the university until his retirement in 1982.[6]

In December 1992, the University of Rochester named a joint program of its Departments of Economics and Political Science in honor of Wallis: the W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy at the University of Rochester.[7] He died in 1998 in Rochester, New York.

January 1988 memo identifying Wallis as President Reagan's "personal representative" for policy matters during the administration's preparations for attending the 14th G7 summit in June.

Presidential advisor

In addition to his role as an academic and academic administrator, Wallis served as an advisor to

Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
(1985–89).

Selected works

  • Wallis, W. Allen; Moore, Geoffrey H. (1941), A Significance Test for Time Series and Other Ordered Observations.,
    OCLC 1876032
  • Wallis, W. Allen;
    OCLC 490341075
  • Wallis, W. Allen;
    OCLC 839651
    , retrieved 2009-12-30
  • Wallis, W. Allen;
    OCLC 21672
  • Wallis, W. Allen (1969), "Abolish the Draft", Science, 163 (3864),
    PMID 17790247
  • Wallis, W. Allen (1976), An Overgoverned Society,
    OCLC 2352513

See also

  • Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance

References

  1. ^ Pace, Eric (14 October 1998). "W. Allen Wallis, 85, Economist and President of U. Of Rochester". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "W. ALLEN WALLIS" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  3. ISSN 0362-4331
    , retrieved 2009-12-30
  4. ^ R. M. Hartwell, A History of the Mont Pelerin Society, Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1995, pp. 66–7.
  5. ISSN 1088-5153
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
  7. ^ W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy (1998-10-12). "W. A. Wallis". Rochester, New York: University of Rochester. Retrieved 2009-12-30.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Dean of the University of Chicago School of Business
1956–1962 		Succeeded by
George P. Shultz
Preceded by
President of the University of Rochester

1962–1970 		Succeeded by
Vacant Chancellor of the University of Rochester
1970–1982 		Vacant
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by
President of the American Statistical Association

1965 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Robert S. Benjamin
 Chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
1975–1978 		Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by
Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

September 23, 1982 – August 15, 1985 		Office renamed
New office
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs

August 16, 1985 – January 20, 1989 		Succeeded by
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