Ingram Olkin

Ingram Olkin (July 23, 1924 – April 28, 2016) was an American professor. He was the professor emeritus and chair of statistics and education at Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He was known for creating statistical analysis for evaluating policies, such as in education, and for his works to meta-analysis, statistics education, multivariate analysis, and majorization theory.

Ingram Olkin
Ingram Olkin in 1986
Born	(1924-07-23)July 23, 1924 Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	April 28, 2016(2016-04-28) (aged 91) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Columbia University City College of New York
Scientific career
Fields	Statistics
Institutions	Stanford University
Doctoral advisor	S. N. Roy
Doctoral students	Leon Gleser Larry V. Hedges

Olkin died from complications of colorectal cancer at his home in Palo Alto, California on April 28, 2016, aged 91.^[1]