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Born November 8, 1914 • Portland • Oregon
Died May 13, 2005 (aged 90) • California
Awards And Honors National Medal of Science (1975)
Notable Family Members father Tobias Dantzig
Subjects Of Study linear programming • operations research • simplex method
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