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lawrence d. brown -lrb- left -rrb- with linda zhao jack kiefer los angeles 220px united states statistics university of pennsylvania 16 december 1940 jim mandelbaum berger t. tony cai iain m. johnstone avishai lawrence d. brown , linda zhao.jpg lawrence d. brown
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lawrence d. brown

lawrence david brown -lrb- born 16 december 1940 -rrb- is miers busch professor and professor of statistics at the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia , pennsylvania .
he was educated at the california institute of technology and cornell university , where he earned his ph.d. in 1964 .
he has earned numerous honors , including election to the united states national academy of sciences , and has published widely .
he was president of the institute of mathematical statistics in 1992-93 .
he was elected to the american academy of arts and sciences in 2013 .
after having been assistant professor at university of california at berkeley , associate professor at cornell university , and professor at cornell university and rutgers university , he was invited to join the department of statistics at the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania .
