| LC control no. | no2022109120 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Marsaglia, George, 1924-2011 |
| Variant(s) | Marsaglia, G. (George), 1924-2011 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Pullman (Wash.) |
| Birth date | 1924-03-12 |
| Death date | 2011-02-15 |
| Place of birth | Denver (Colo.) |
| Place of death | Tallahassee (Fla.) |
| Field of activity | Mathematics Computer science |
| Affiliation | Florida State University Washington State University McGill University University of Washington Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories Boeing Company University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Oklahoma State University University of Rangoon University of Montana (System) University of Manchester Ohio State University Colorado State University United States. Army Air Forces |
| Profession or occupation | Mathematicians Computer scientists College teachers University and college faculty members |
| Found in | Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 1, 2022: George Marsaglia (George Marsaglia (March 12, 1924 - February 15, 2011) was an American mathematician and computer scientist. He is best known for creating the diehard tests, a suite of software for measuring statistical randomness. He was Professor Emeritus of Pure and Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Washington State University and Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Florida State University. In the 1995 CD-ROM release of diehard, Marsaglia included several papers that outline the process by which the random number files were created. In several places he mentions that, along with deterministic and physical devices: Marsaglia died from a heart attack on February 15, 2011, in Tallahassee.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Marsaglia> Obituary for Dr. George Marsaglia, viewed Sept. 1, 2022 (A sudden heart attack while walking on the grounds of Capital City Country Club in Tallahassee on February 15 took the life of Dr. George Marsaglia. He was born to John and Mabel Marsaglia in Denver, Colorado, in 1924. After high school he joined the Army Air Corps and shortly thereafter left to go to Colorado State University, where he earned his B.S. in physics. He then attended Ohio State University, where he obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in mathematics. He studied as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Manchester, England, under Alan Turing. He began his professional experience teaching at the University of Montana, and following that he was a Fulbright Professor at the University of Rangoon, in Burma. He then taught at Oklahoma State University and the University of North Carolina, and in the private sector worked for Westinghouse. Next he joined the Boeing Co. in Seattle and later the Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories as a research mathematician. At the same time he was an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington. Years later he went to McGill University in Montreal as Director of the school of computer Science. Following that he was Chairman of the Computer Science Department at Washington State University. In 1985 he joined the Supercomputer Computations Research Institute and Department of Statistics at Florida State University. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus of Pure and Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Washington State University, and of Statistics at Florida State University.) <https://www.bevisfh.com/obituaries/George-Marsaglia/#!/Obituary> |
| Associated language | eng |
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