Galen Shorack

Galen Richard Shorack (born 14 May 1939) is an American statistician.

Shorack completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics at the University of Oregon in 1960 and 1962, respectively.[1] He then obtained a Ph.D in statistics from Stanford University in 1965, authoring the doctoral dissertation Nonparametric Tests and Estimation of Scale in the Two Sample Problem under the direction of Lincoln E. Moses.[1][2] Shorack joined the University of Washington faculty upon earning his doctorate in 1965, and remained on the faculty until 1980, when he retired and was granted emeritus status.[1][3]

Shorack was elected to fellowship of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 1974.[1][4]

References
  1. "Galen R. Shorack (personal homepage)". Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. Galen Shorack at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. "Galen R. Shorack EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON". University of Washington. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  4. "Honored IMS Fellows". Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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