George Bernard Dantzig

American mathematician (1914-2005).

Born November 8th, 1914 in Portland.

Died May 13th, 2005 at 90 years old in Stanford (diabetes). [ref]

Occupations
computer scientist, mathematician, statistician
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner