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Daily Archives: January 7, 2012
Don Fraser, Officer of the Order of Canada
“There are too many of my students on the dance floor”. That was at a wedding party (mine!) more than twenty years ago, and Don Fraser was resisting efforts to make him dance. Many of the guests (on the dance … Continue reading
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Tagged don fraser, putnam competition, statistical researchers
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