Background
Cornfield, Jerome was born on October 30, 1912 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Jenny (Horen) Cornfield.
Cornfield, Jerome was born on October 30, 1912 in New York City. Son of Samuel and Jenny (Horen) Cornfield.
Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1933. Postgraduate Columbia, 1933-1934, United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, 1936-1938.
He is best known for his work in biostatistics, but his early work was in economic statistics and he also contributed to the theory of Bayesian inference. He also played a role in the early development of input-output analysis and linear programming. He was born on October 12, 1912 in The Bronx, New York City.
He also studied statistics and mathematics at the Graduate School of the United States Department of Agriculture while employed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, where he remained until 1947.
He later worked at the National Cancer Institute, the Department of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, the National Heart Institute, the University of Pittsburgh, and George Washington University. He was the R. A. Fisher Lecturer in 1973 and President of the American Statistical Association in 1974.
Cornfield married Ruth Bittler in 1937. They had two daughters.
He died on September 17, 1979 in Herndon, Virginia.
Member American Statistical Association (president 1974), Institute Mathematics Statistics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Epidem. Society (president 1972), Biometric Society, American Heart Association, Washington, Virginia academics science.
Married Ruth June Bittler, July 6, 1937. Children: Ann, Ellen.