D. Ransom Whitney Oral History Transcript and Audiocassette Recordings 2003 May-June

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(2) file folders, (14) audiocassettes

The D. Ransom Whitney Oral History Transcript and Audiocassette Recordings contain a transcript with audio recordings of an oral history interview from 2003. Donald Ransom Whitney was an instructor of statistics in the Mathematics Department at Ohio State University and helped established statistics as a separate department.

[identification of item], D. Ransom Whitney Oral History Transcript and Audiocassette Recordings, RG 40.268, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

The D. Ransom Whitney Oral History Transcript and Audiocassette Recordings contain a transcript and audiocassettes of an oral history interview with D. Ransom Whitney conducted by Tom Wilke in May and June 2003.

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Accession Number UA.2006.0101: Ransom Whitney

Ohio State University Archives Biographical File: Donald Ransom Whitney

Donald Ransom Whitney (1915-2007) enrolled at Ohio State University in 1946, accepting a teaching assistantship. He joined the faculty in the Mathematics Department with a focus on statistics. His collaboration with Henry Mann led to the development of the Mann-Whitney test. He was also involved in creating the Numerical Computation Lab, a predecessor to the Statistics Laboratory and the Instructional Research Computer Center. Whitney also played a major role in establishing statistics as a department separate from mathematics in 1970.

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Finding aid written by Karen Glenn, 2016 September

Finding aid prepared by Karen Glenn