Relationship : Marriage 1936 (Anne S. Shmuner)
Death:Death by Disease 13 May 2005 (Diabetes and cardiovascular disease, age 90) chart Placidus Equal_H.
American mathematical scientist who made contributions to industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics. Dantzig is known for his development of the simplex algorithm, an algorithm for solving linear programming problems, and for his other work with linear programming. In statistics, Dantzig solved two open problems in statistical theory, which he had mistaken for homework after arriving late to a lecture by Jerzy Neyman. Dantzig was the Professor Emeritus of Transportation Sciences and Professor of Operations Research and of Computer Science at Stanford University. Dantzig married Anne S. Shmuner in 1936. He died on 13 May 2005 in his home in Stanford, California of complications from diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He was 90. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less