Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
MS 561
Morris H. DeGroot (1931-1989)
Papers, 1954-1988, undated
creator: | DeGroot, Morris H. (1931-1989) |
title: | Papers |
dates: | 1954-1988, undated |
extent: | 3.78 linear feet (9 document boxes) |
collection number: | MS 561 |
repository: | Special Collections Department, Iowa State University. |
access: | Open for research |
publication rights: | Consult Head, Special Collections Department |
preferred citation: | Morris H. DeGroot Papers, MS 561, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library. |
Morris DeGroot was born June 8, 1931. He received a B.S. (1952) from Roosevelt University, and an M.S. (1954) and Ph.D. (1958) from the University of Chicago. He taught his entire career at Carnegie Mellon University, as a professor of mathematical statistics and later as a professor of statistics and industrial administration. He also served as chair of the Department of Statistics (1966-1972). In 1984 he was named University Professor, the highest honor given to a faculty member by Carnegie Mellon. DeGroot's research centered on economic theory, and he was a fellow of the American Statistical Association. During his academic career DeGroot wrote three books, edited four volumes, and authored over one hundred papers. DeGroot died November 2, 1989. |
This collection (1954-1988, undated) contains correspondence, research notes, manuscripts of publications and DeGroot's Ph.D. thesis. |
The collection is organized alphabetically. |
Box |
Folder |
Title |
Dates |
1 |
1 |
ABO System |
1955-1957 |
1 |
2 |
Adaptive Utility Talk |
1974-1975, undated |
1 |
3 |
Advanced Statistics Theory |
1974-1977, undated |
1 |
4 |
Advanced Statistics Theory |
1968-1969, undated |
1 |
5 |
Air Pollution Proposal |
1973 |
1 |
6 |
Aitkin, Murray |
1984-1985 |
1 |
7 |
APL - K.E. Iverson’s Computing Language |
1968-1970, undated |
1 |
8 |
Applied Problems |
1970-1973, undated |
1 |
9 |
Bandit Problems |
1987 |
1 |
10 |
Bayes Thesis |
undated |
1 |
11 |
Biostatistics Search Committee |
1975-1977 |
1 |
12 |
Buffalo Advisory Committee |
1977-1978 |
1 |
13 |
Choice of Experiments |
undated |
2 |
1 |
Clinical Trials |
1977-1978, undated |
2 |
2 |
Comparison of Experiments and Information Measures |
1977-1979, undated |
2 |
3 |
Contracts |
1959-1966 |
2 |
4 |
Cooperation and Learning in Duopoly |
1970-1975, undated |
2 |
5 |
Correspondence (1 of 3) |
1979-1985, undated |
2 |
6 |
Correspondence (2 of 3) |
1982-1983, undated |
2 |
7 |
Correspondence (3 of 3) |
1984-1985, undated |
2 |
8 |
Cyert, Richard M. |
1979-1981, undated |
3 |
1 |
Cyert/DeGroot Paper - Adaptive Utility |
1974-1979, undated |
3 |
2 |
Decision Analysis |
1980, undated |
3 |
3 |
Decision Theory Book Homework Assignments |
1978, undated |
3 |
4 |
Decision Theory Book Homework Solutions |
1978 |
3 |
5 |
Doing What Comes Naturally |
1972-1975, undated |
3 |
6 |
DSM III |
undated |
4 |
1 |
Dual Control - Duopoly Talks |
1973, undated |
4 |
2 |
Dual Control - Latest Talks |
1974-1977 |
4 |
3 |
Duopoly |
1967-1968 |
4 |
4 |
Eckect, Seamans, Cherin, and Mellott |
1977-1978, undated |
4 |
5 |
Elementary Applied Problems (36-375) |
1979, undated |
4 |
6 |
EPA Emission Test Data |
1977-1979, undated |
4 |
7 |
Examination Problems (1 of 2) |
1970-1988 |
5 |
1 |
Examination Problems (2 of 2) |
1973-1978 |
5 |
2 |
Experimental Design for Linear Models |
undated |
5 |
3 |
From Classical to Bayesian |
undated |
5 |
4 |
Fundamentals of Statistics |
1954-1975, undated |
5 |
5 |
Gaver, D.P., Jr. |
1967 |
5 |
6 |
Hackleman, Paul |
1965 |
5 |
7 |
Institute of Statistics and Applied Probability |
1973 |
5 |
8 |
Irvine Meeting |
1982-1983 |
5 |
9 |
Ithaca Meeting - Pollution |
1973 |
5 |
10 |
Bayesian Life Testing |
1970, undated |
5 |
11 |
Knox Glass |
1967-1968, undated |
5 |
12 |
Leave of Absence |
1970-1971 |
5 |
13 |
Limit Pricing Paper |
1982-1984, undated |
5 |
14 |
McCray, John H. |
1983-1985 |
5 |
15 |
MNS System |
1956-1957 |
6 |
1 |
Nuclear Proposal |
1970-1971, undated |
6 |
2 |
Operations Research - Applied Math |
1978, undated |
6 |
3 |
Partially Accelerated Life Tests |
1976-1979 |
6 |
4 |
Ph.D. Thesis |
1957-1958 |
6 |
5 |
Prescott, Edward |
1965-1967, undated |
6 |
6 |
Probability |
undated |
6 |
7 |
Probability (36-211) |
1978 |
6 |
8 |
Probability and Statistics |
1977-1978 |
7 |
1 |
Probability and Statistics |
1975-1976 |
7 |
2 |
Probability and Statistics |
1972-1974 |
7 |
3 |
Probability and Statistics I |
1984 |
7 |
4 |
Probability and Statistics I |
1986 |
7 |
5 |
Probability and Statistics II |
1987 |
7 |
6 |
Probability Notes |
1975 |
7 |
7 |
Radiation |
1969-1971, undated |
7 |
8 |
Rational Expectations (1 of 2) |
1970-1972, undated |
8 |
1 |
Rational Expectations (2 of 2) |
1972-1973 |
8 |
2 |
Reaching a Consensus |
1972-1979 |
8 |
3 |
RMC - Economic Recruiting Visits |
1982, undated |
8 |
4 |
Salaries: School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh |
1971, undated |
8 |
5 |
Seminars: notes |
undated |
8 |
6 |
Sequential Analysis: notes |
1969-1974 |
8 |
7 |
Sequential Decision Procedures |
undated |
8 |
8 |
Sequential Investment Decisions |
1976-1979 |
8 |
9 |
Some Stochastic Control Problems |
1967-1968, undated |
8 |
10 |
Specification of Prior Distributions |
undated |
8 |
11 |
Statistical Decision Theory |
1972-1983, undated |
8 |
12 |
Sternglass, Ernest J. |
1969-1971, undated |
9 |
1 |
Syllabus |
1981, 1982 |
9 |
2 |
Stopping in Monte Carlo - Las Vegas Meeting (publication requests) |
1959-1977, undated |
9 |
3 |
Sweden |
1969, undated |
9 |
4 |
Topics in Statistics |
1955-1973, undated |
9 |
5 |
USS Chemicals |
1980-1986, undated |
9 |
6 |
Utility |
undated |
9 |
7 |
Utility or Magic |
1960-1966, undated |
9 |
8 |
Whittle’s Book - Course Notes |
1983-1984, undated |