What is Lawrence D. Brown?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Lawrence D. Brown | image = Lawrence D. Brown.jpg | image_size = 220px | alt = | caption = Lawrence D. Brown | birth_date = {{birth date |1940|12|16}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|02|21|1940|12|16}} | death_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | nationality = [[United States]] | fields = [[Statistics]] | workplaces = [[University of Pennsylvania]] | alma_mater = [[Cornell University]]<br>[[California Institute of Technology]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Jack Kiefer (statistician)|Jack Kiefer]] <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | doctoral_students = [[Jim Berger (statistician)|Jim Berger]]<br>[[T. Tony Cai]]<br>[[Iain M. Johnstone]] | known_for = | awards = }} '''Lawrence David Brown''' (16 December 1940 – 21 February 2018)<ref>{{cite book|url=http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.imsc/1288099003|chapter=Biography of Lawrence D. Brown|editor1-first=James O. |editor1-last=Berger| editor1-link=James Berger (statistician)|editor2-first=T. Tony |editor2-last=Cai| editor2-link=T. Tony Cai| editor3-first=Iain M. |editor3-last=Johnstone |title=Borrowing Strength: Theory Powering Applications – A Festschrift for Lawrence D. Brown |location=Beachwood, Ohio, USA|publisher=[[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]] |year=2010| pages=ix-x}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/5115.html Lawrence D. Brown]</ref> was an American educator and statistic analyzer. Miers Busch Professor and Professor of [[Statistics]] at the [[Wharton School]] of the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. He was president of the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]] in 1992-93. He was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 2013.<ref>[http://amacad.org/news/classlist2013.pdf Newly elected members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501223006/http://www.amacad.org/news/classlist2013.pdf |date=2013-05-01 }}, [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]],