Background
Shephard, Ronald William was born on November 22, 1912 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Robert E. and Jessie W. (Hunter) Shephard.
Shephard, Ronald William was born on November 22, 1912 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Robert E. and Jessie W. (Hunter) Shephard.
Doctorate.Econ. Science, U. Karlsruhe, West Germany Statistical, consultant Bell Aircraft Corporation, 1943-1946. Senior economist Research and Development Corporation, 1950-1952. Manager systems analysis department Sandia Corporation, 1952-1956.
Professor engineering science University of California, Berkeley, 1957-1980, professor emeritus, from 1980, chairman operations research center, 1966-1972, also chairman industrial engineering and operations research department, 1970-1976, past chairman industrial engineering department.
Consultant operations research Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, 1959-1960. Director Market Research Corporation American, 1961-1966.
Consultant to industry, from 1950, international authority on mathematics economics theory of production and technical.
He is best known for two results in economics, now known as Shephard"s lemma and the Shephard duality theorem. Shephard proved these results in his book Theory of Cost and Production Functions (Princeton University Press, 1953).
Served as Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, World World War World World War World War II Fellow Econometric Society. Member Operations.
Married Hilda May Maloy, December 26, 1940. Children: Jessie M., William H. Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics.