Dean Leroy Isaacson (born 1941) is an American statistician.
Academic career
After graduating from Milaca High School in Milaca, Minnesota, Isaacson earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics at Macalester College, then completed his master's and doctorate at University of Minnesota. He joined the Iowa State University faculty in 1968, and served as chair of the Department of Statistics from 1984 to 2002, when he was succeeded in the role by Kenneth Koehler. Isaacson was granted emeritus status upon retirement in 2009.
Honors
Isaacson is a 1994 fellow of the American Statistical Association. In 2013, he was elected to the Milaca High School Hall of Fame.
Selected books
- Isaacson, Dean L.; Madsen, Richard W. (1976). Markov Chains: Theory and Applications. Wiley. ISBN 9780471428626.
References
- "Dean L. Isaacson". Milaca High School. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Krapfl, Anne (14 May 2009). "Honoring a previous leader". Iowa State University. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- "Receptions: Dean Isaacson". Iowa State University. 19 May 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- "KOEHLER WILL DIRECT IOWA STATE'S STATISTICS DEPARTMENT". Iowa State University. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- "Koehler Named Interim Chair of Department of Statistics". Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 5 November 2002. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- "Dean L Isaacson". Iowa State University Department of Statistics. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- "ASA Fellows". American Statistical Association. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- "Isaacson, DeHart to join hall of famers". Union-Times. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- Reviews of Markov Chains: Theory and Applications include:
- Karr, Alan F. (July 1978). "Markov Chains: Theory and Applications (Dean L. Isaacson and Richard W. Madsen)". SIAM Review. 20 (3): 606–607. doi:10.1137/1020086. ProQuest 926182037
- Bartholomew, D. J. (March 1977). "Markov Chains: Theory and Applications. By D. L. Isaacson and R. W. Madsen. New York and London, Wiley, 1976. x, 256 p. 24·5 cm. £14·55". Royal Statistical Society. Journal. Series A: General. 140 (2): 244–245. doi:10.2307/2344895. JSTOR 2344895.
- Unwin, Anthony (1977). "Markov Chains — Theory and Applications". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 28 (1): 236–237. doi:10.1057/jors.1977.44.
- McGinnis, Robert (May 1977). "Reviewed Work: Markov Chains Theory and Applications. by Dean L. Isaacson, Richard W. Madsen". Contemporary Sociology. 6 (3). doi:10.2307/2064802. JSTOR 2064802. S2CID 117130350.
- Living people
- 1941 births
- American statisticians
- Macalester College alumni
- University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni
- Fellows of the American Statistical Association
- Iowa State University faculty
- Mathematicians from Minnesota
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians