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Pioneering scholar talks Stigler’s Law, French lotteries and statistical history At any given university, statisticians aren’t usually at the top of the list of library visitors. But when Prof. Emeritus Stephen Stigler was a visiting associate professor of statistics at the University of Chicago in the early 1970s, he found himself drawn to the libraries and their archives of math publications. He was surprised to find, in an issue of the American Journal of Mathematics from the 1920s, some principles related to his doctoral thesis that had been stated four decades before but apparently lost in the literature. Then he found another example an article written in 1816-1818 by French mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace that included a mathematical result that was unknown at the time of Stigler s reading. ....
Courtesy photo From left, library director Janelle Graber accepts one of ARCH s inaugural Outreach ARCHie Awards with Eckhart Library Foundation directors Vicki James and Carolyn Foley on the library steps with ARCH Executive Director Connie Haas Zuber. The foundation was created to facilitate seeking grants and receiving donations for the huge renovation project made necessary by a 2017 arson that heavily damaged the historic building in Auburn. Seven historic buildings restored and with new uses, plus a compatible new building adding to commercial and residential space overlooking a revived streetscape sums up the new life for Fort Wayne’s historic The Landing. ARCH recognizes the success and impact of this project with a Preservation Partnership Award this year. ....