| David H. Blackwell AKA David Harold Blackwell, Sr. Born: 24-Apr-1919
Birthplace: Centralia, IL
Died: 8-Jul-2010
Location of death: Berkeley, CA
Cause of death: Stroke
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Mathematician, Educator Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Bayesian statistics Father: (railroad worker)
Sister: Elizabeth Cowan
Son: Ann Madison Blackwell (d. 2006)
Daughter: Julia Madison Blackwell (d.)
Son: David Harold Blackwell, Jr. (d.)
Son: Grover Johnson Blackwell (d.)
Daughter: Ruth Blackwell Herch (d.)
Son: Hugo
Daughter: Ann Blackwell
Daughter: Vera Gleason
Daughter: Sarah Hunt Dahlquist
University: BA Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1938)
University: MA Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1939)
University: PhD Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1941)
Professor: Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA (1942-43)
Professor: Clark College, Atlanta, GA (1943-44)
Professor: Howard University (1944-54)
Professor: Stanford University (1950-51)
Professor: University of California at Berkeley (1954-88)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1968)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Mathematical Society Vice President (1968-71)
American Philosophical Society
American Statistical Association Vice President (1978)
Bernoulli Society for Mathematics and Probability President (1975-77)
Institute for Advanced Study Rosenwald Fellow (1941-42)
Institute of Mathematical Statistics President (1955)
International Association for Statistics in the Physical Sciences President (1973)
International Statistical Institute Vice President (1975-77)
National Academy of Sciences (1965)
RAND Corporation Consultant (1948-50)
Royal Statistical Society Honorary Fellow (1976)
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Tau Chapter
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