Michael Woodroofe Explained

Michael Woodroofe
Birth Name:Michael Barrett Woodroofe
Birth Date:17 March 1940
Birth Place:Corvalis, Oregon, U.S.
Nationality:American
Fields:Statistics, Mathematics
Workplaces:University of Michigan
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    Thesis Title:Statistical Properties of the Number of Positive Sums
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    Thesis Year:1965
    Doctoral Advisor:Theodore Matthes
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    Michael Barrett Woodroofe (March 17, 1940 – February 22, 2022) was an American probabilist and statistician. He was a professor of statistics and of mathematics at the University of Michigan, where he was the Leonard J. Savage Professor until his retirement. He was noted for his work in sequential analysis and nonlinear renewal theory, in central limit theory, and in nonparametric inference with shape constraints.

    Education and career

    Woodroofe was born in Corvalis, Oregon, and grew up in nearby Athena, Oregon. He received his Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Stanford University in 1962. He went on to the University of Oregon for his masters and PhD in mathematics, which he completed in 1965.

    After his PhD, he spent a brief stint as an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University, before moving to the University of Michigan in 1968. He spent the rest of his career at Michigan, where he was a founding member of the statistics department. In 1994 he was named the Leonard J. Savage Professor, a position which he held until his retirement in 2009.[1]

    Woodroofe was particularly noted for his work in sequential analysis and nonlinear renewal theory, in central limit theory, and in nonparametric inference with shape constraints.

    Woodroofe advised over 40 graduate students,[2] [3] many of whom have gone on to distinguished careers of their own. He published over 100 research articles, and 2 books. He served as editor of the Annals of Statistics from 1992 to 1994, and was the last solo editor of the journal.

    Personal life

    Woodroofe died on February 22, 2022, at the age of 81.[4] [5]

    Awards and honors

    Selected publications

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Michael Woodroofe Lecture Series. University of Michigan Statistics Department. August 30, 2019.
    2. Moulinath Banerjee. Banerjee. Moulinath. Bodhisattva Sen. Sen. Bodhisattva. 2016. A conversation with Michael Woodroofe. Statist. Sci.. 31. 3. 433–441. 10.1214/15-STS545. 3552743. free.
    3. Web site: Michael Woodroofe's Curriculum Vita (dated 2006). Michael Woodroofe's home page . September 4, 2019.
    4. Web site: Remembering Michael Woodroofe. University of Michigan. Department of Statistics. March 1, 2022. March 2, 2022.
    5. Web site: Michael_Woodroofe_Formal_Obituary.pdf . . 2 May 2022.
    6. More IMS Meetings Around The World. IMS Bulletin. Institute of Mathematical Statistics. 34. 7. 22.
    7. Book: Recent developments in nonparametric inference and probability. 2006. Sun. Jiayang. Jiayang Sun. DasGupta. Anirban. Melfi. Vince. Page. Connie. 2404082. Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Institute of Mathematical Statistics Lecture Notes - Monograph Series. 50. September 28, 2019.
    8. Web site: Honored IMS Fellows. Institute of Mathematical Statistics webpage. September 28, 2019.
    9. Reviews of Probability with Applications:
      • none. Journal of the American Statistical Association . 71 . 355 . 1976. 775 . Davis. William . 10.2307/2285634 . 2285634.
      • none. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A . 139. 2 . 1976 . 267–268 . Loynes . R. M. . 10.2307/2345183 . 2345183 .
    10. Reviews of Nonlinear Renewal Theory in Sequential Analysis:
      • none. American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences. Anbar. Dan. 10.1080/01966324.1983.10737131. 347–349. 3. 4. 1983.
      • none. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 78. 382. 1983. Wijsman. Robert A. . 501 . 10.2307/2288678 . 2288678 .

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