Jacob Wolfowitz
American statistician
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Jacob Wolfowitz 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. Wikipedia
Born: March 19, 1910, Warsaw, Poland
Died: July 16, 1981 (age 71 years), Tampa, FL
Children: Paul Wolfowitz
Grandchildren: Rachel Wolfowitz, Sara Wolfowitz, and David Wolfowitz
Notable students: Jack Kiefer, Samuel Kotz, Albert H. Bowker, and more
