George Dantzig

American mathematician
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Quick Facts
Born:
Nov. 8, 1914, Portland, Ore., U.S.
Died:
May 13, 2005, Stanford, Calif. (aged 90)
Awards And Honors:
National Medal of Science (1975)
Notable Family Members:
father Tobias Dantzig

George Dantzig (born Nov. 8, 1914, Portland, Ore., U.S.—died May 13, 2005, Stanford, Calif.) was an American mathematician who devised the simplex method, an algorithm for solving problems that involve numerous conditions and variables, and in the process founded the field of linear programming. Dantzig earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Maryland (1936) and a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Michigan (1937) before joining the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as a statistician. In 1939 he entered the graduate mathematics program at the University of California, Berkeley. From 1941 to 1946 ...(100 of 306 words)