Author: David M. Rocke
Born: 1946
Bio: <b><a href="http://dmrocke.ucdavis.edu/">David M. Rocke</a></b> (b. 1946) is an American statistician and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Davis.  In addition to a large number of scholarly articles, he has coauthored two books with George W. Downs on the application of statistical methods to international relations: <i>Optimal Imperfection?</i> and <i>Tacit Bargaining, Arms Races, and Arms Control</i>. Among his numerous academic honors, Rocke is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Statistical Society, and an elected Member of the International Statistical Institute.  He holds a bachelor's degree from <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a>, where he enrolled via Shimer's program of <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/earlyentrantprogram.cfm">early entrance to college</a>, and a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Illinois, Chicago. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/David_Rocke#Brief_description">Shimer College Wiki</a>)