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Jacob Wolfowitz | |
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 Wolfowitz in 1970 (photo courtesy of MFO) | |
| Born | March 19, 1910 Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | July 16, 1981 (aged 71) Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | City University of New York New York University |
| Known for | Wald–Wolfowitz runs test Dvoretzky–Kiefer–Wolfowitz inequality |
| Spouse | Lillian Dundes |
| Children | Paul Wolfowitz |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Cornell University Columbia University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of South Florida |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald Flanders |
| Doctoral students | Albert H. Bowker Jack Kiefer Gottfried E. Noether Howard Levene Samuel Kotz |
Jacob Wolfowitz (March 19, 1910 – July 16, 1981) was a Polish-born American Jewish statistician and Shannon Award-winning information theorist. He was the father of former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and World Bank Group President Paul Wolfowitz.