W. Allen Wallis
| W. Allen Wallis | |
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| 6th President of the University of Rochester | |
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In office 1962–1970 |
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| Preceded by | Cornelis W. de Kiewiet |
| Succeeded by | Robert L. Sproull |
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| Born |
November 5, 1912 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | October 12, 1998 (aged 85) Rochester, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Armstrong |
| Children | Nancy Wallis Ingling Virginia Wallis Cates |
| Parents | Wilson Dallam Wallis, Grace Steele Allen |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota, University of Chicago |
| Profession | Administrator |
Wilson Allen Wallis (November 5, 1912 – October 12, 1998) was an American economist and statistician best known for serving as president of the University of Rochester. The Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance is named after him and William Kruskal.
Born in Philadelphia, he attended the University of Minnesota, Class of 1932, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. After a year of graduate work at the University of Minnesota, he began studies at the University of Chicago in 1933, where he began what would prove to be lifelong friendships with Milton Friedman, Aaron Director and George Stigler.
In 1936–37, he served as an economist and statistician for the National Resources Committee. During World War II, Wallis was the director of research of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development's Statistical Research Group (1942–46); he recruited a team of bright young economists, including Milton Friedman, to the Statistical Research Group.
From 1948 to 1954, Wallis served as the treasurer of the Mont Pèlerin Society.
Wallis served as dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business from 1956 to 1962. During his time as dean he established the "Chicago Approach to Business Education," which involved the application of statistical methodology to business.
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