Background
Tukey, John Wilder was born on June 16, 1915 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph H. and Adah M. (Tasker) Tukey.
researcher statistics educator
Tukey, John Wilder was born on June 16, 1915 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph H. and Adah M. (Tasker) Tukey.
Bachelor of Science, Brown University, 1936. Sc.M., Brown University, 1937. Doctor of Science, Brown University, 1965.
A.M., Princeton University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1939. Doctor of Science (honorary), Case Institute of Technology, 1962.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Yale University, 1968. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Chicago, 1969.
Member mathematics faculty, Princeton University, 1939-1965;
professor, Princeton University, 1950-1965;
professor statistics, Princeton University, since 1965;
Donner professor science, Princeton University, since 1976;
department chairman statistics, Princeton University, 1965-1970;
research associate fire control research office, Princeton University, 1941-1945;
Hitchcock professor, University of California-Berkeley, 1975;
member technical staff, Bell laboratories, since 1945;
assistant director research communication principles, Bell laboratories, 1958-1962;
associate executive director research, Bell laboratories, from 1961. Member National Research Council, 1951-1960, President's Science Advisory Committee, 1960-1963, President's Air Quality Advisory Board, 1968-1971. Member United States delegate United Nations Conference on Human Environmental, Stockholm, 1972.
Member National Advisory Committee Oceans and Atmosphere, since 1975.
Board fellows, member corporation Brown University, from 1974. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Operations Research Society of America, New York Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mathematics Statistics, American Society Quality Control, Royal Statistical Society (honorary), American Statistical Association. Member: International Statistical Institute, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, National Academy of Sciences, Mathematics Association American, Biometric Society, Association Computing Machinery, American Mathematics Society, Cosmos Club (Washington), Sigma Xi.
Married Elizabeth Louise Rapporteur in 1950.