Milton Sobel

Milton Sobel (August 30, 1919 – December 31, 2002) was professor emeritus of statistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.Nitis Mukhopadhyay, [https://projecteuclid.org/download/pdf_1/euclid.ss/1009212756 A Conversation with Milton Sobel ], Statistical Science, 2000, Vol. 15, No. 2, 168–190[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07474940600596588?journalCode=lsqa20 "Editorial–Milton Sobel: In Memoriam"], Sequential Analysis Design Methods and Applications, Vol. 25, 2006, issue 2, pp. 117-118, {{doi|10.1080/07474940600596588}} He made notable contributions in the areas of decision theory, sequential analysis, selection and ranking, reliability analysis, combinatorial problems, and Dirichlet processes. Of particular note are his contributions in selection and ranking, sequential analysis and reliability.[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239558887_Milton_Sobel_-_A_Precious_Name_Remains_Everlasting_in_my_Statistics_Career "Milton Sobel - A Precious Name Remains Everlasting in my Statistics Career"]

He obtained his B.A. in mathematics (1940) from the City College of New York, M.A. in mathematics (1946) and Ph.D. in mathematical statistics (advisor: Abraham Wald, 1951) from Columbia University.

During 1960-1975 he was Professor of Statistics at the University of Minnesota.