Marvin Zelen

Marvin Zelen
Born	(1927-06-21)June 21, 1927 New York, New York
Died	November 15, 2014(2014-11-15) (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Fields	Statistics, biostatistics experimental design models
Institutions	Stevens Institute of Technology, 1951-1952 National Bureau of Standards (renamed National Institute of Standards & Technology), 1952-1961 University of Maryland, 1960-1961 National Cancer Institute, 1963-1967 State University of New York (Buffalo), 1967-1977 Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation (Founmer) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, * 1977-?? Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, 1977–2007 University of California, Berkeley - visiting University of Wisconsin - visiting Imperial College of Science & Technology (London) - visiting London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London) - visiting Hebrew University - visiting
Alma mater	City College of New York, New York City, B.S., mathematics, 1949; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.S., mathematical statistics, 1951; American University, Ph.D., Statistics, 1957
Known for	Zelen's randomized consent design (a.k.a. Zelen's design) study design

Stevens Institute of Technology, 1951-1952
National Bureau of Standards (renamed National Institute of Standards & Technology), 1952-1961
University of Maryland, 1960-1961
National Cancer Institute, 1963-1967
State University of New York (Buffalo), 1967-1977
Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation (Founmer)
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, * 1977-??
Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, 1977–2007
University of California, Berkeley - visiting
University of Wisconsin - visiting
Imperial College of Science & Technology (London) - visiting
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London) - visiting

City College of New York, New York City, B.S., mathematics, 1949;
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.S., mathematical statistics, 1951;

Marvin Zelen (June 21, 1927 – November 15, 2014) was Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), and Lemuel Shattuck Research Professor of Statistical Science (the first recipient). During the 1980s, Zelen chaired HSPH’s Department of Biostatistics. Among colleagues in the field of statistics, he was widely known as a leader who shaped the discipline of biostatistics. He "transformed clinical trial research into a statistically sophisticated branch of medical research."

...
Wikipedia