Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

MS 561
Morris H. DeGroot (1931-1989)
Papers, 1954-1988, undated


Descriptive summary

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.

 

Administrative information

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.

 

Biographical note

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.

 

Collection description

This collection (1954-1988, undated) contains correspondence, research notes, manuscripts of publications and DeGroot's Ph.D. thesis.

 

Organization

The collection is organized alphabetically.

 

Container list

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