Willard D. James

Willard Donald James[1] (June 13, 1927 – May 20, 2025) was an American mathematician most known for his work on the James-Stein estimator.[2] He graduated with a Ph.D. in mathematics from University of Illinois in 1957[2][3] and was recruited to California State University, Long Beach in 1967 from which he retired as a Professor Emeritus in 1987.[4][5] James died on May 20, 2025, at the age of 97.[6]

References

  1. ^ James, Willard Donald (1957). Some Potential Representations in the Plane (Thesis). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. hdl:2142/76203.
  2. ^ a b Everson, Phil (2007-06-01). "A Statistician Reads the Sports Pages". Chance. 20 (3): 49–56. doi:10.1080/09332480.2007.10722861. ISSN 0933-2480. S2CID 208915106.
  3. ^ "Willard James - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  4. ^ "Willard D James | Transparent California". transparentcalifornia.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  5. ^ "Faculty and Administration - California State University, Long Beach - Acalog ACMS™". catalog.csulb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
  6. ^ Willard James Obituary


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