Ingram Olkin

Ingram Olkin (July 23, 1924 – April 28, 2016) was an American professor. He was the professor emeritus and chair of statistics and education at Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He was known for creating statistical analysis for evaluating policies, such as in education, and for his works to meta-analysis, statistics education, multivariate analysis, and majorization theory.
Olkin died from complications of colorectal cancer at his home in Palo Alto, California on April 28, 2016, aged 91.