Kali S. Banerjee (September 17, 1914 – April 9, 2002) was a math and

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expert, and a professor of statistics at the

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. He was born in

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, (now in

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) in 1914. He earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics and his master's and doctoral degrees in statistics from the

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. In 1962, Kali S. Banerjee moved to the

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and he was naturalized in 1974, and joined as a faculty of statistics at University of Delaware. Before joining the University of Delaware, he taught at

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and at

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Dr. Banerjee received the university's excellence in teaching award in 1972 and was named a fellow of

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in 1975. He wrote many books such as ''The Cost Of Learning Index''. He wrote about 15 study books on Statistics, about 13 books on Economics, in all writing about 40 books through his life. He and his wife raised two children, a daughter, Swapna and a son, Deb.

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In Memoriam Kali S. Banerjee
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