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'''Melvin Jay "Mel" Hinich''' (April 29, 1939 – September 6, 2010) <ref>[http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/government/news/3114 University of Texas at Austin, September 7, 2010]</ref> was a [[professor]] of [[government]] and [[economics]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref name="The Bush School">{{cite web |url=http://bush.tamu.edu/istpp/fellows/mhinich/ |title=Melvin J. Hinich |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |date= |year= |publisher=The Bush School of Government and Public Service |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans-title=|format= |doi= |accessdate=September 23, 2010 |quote= }}</ref> Hinich was also a [[research professor]] at UT's Applied Research Laboratories.<ref name="The Bush School"/> Known as an expert in [[political science]] with a long record of distinction in a number of fields, he wrote seven books and published more than 200 papers in [[statistics]]/[[statistical theory]], [[signal processing]], economics, political science, [[biomedical engineering]], [[pharmacy]], and [[library science]].<ref name="The Bush School"/><ref name="The Daily Texan-September 9, 2010">{{cite news|title=Professor survived by spouse, daughter|author=Collin Eaton|url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content/professor-survived-spouse-daughter|newspaper=The Daily Texan|publisher=Texas Student Media|location=Austin, Texas|date=September 9, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913023150/http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content/professor-survived-spouse-daughter|archivedate=September 13, 2010}}</ref>
'''Melvin Jay "Mel" Hinich''' (April 29, 1939 – September 6, 2010) <ref>[http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/government/news/3114 University of Texas at Austin, September 7, 2010]</ref> was a [[professor]] of [[government]] and [[economics]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref name="The Bush School">{{cite web |url=http://bush.tamu.edu/istpp/fellows/mhinich/ |title=Melvin J. Hinich |first= |last= |author= |date= |year= |publisher=The Bush School of Government and Public Service |location= |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans-title=|format= |doi= |access-date=September 23, 2010 |quote= }}</ref> Hinich was also a [[research professor]] at UT's Applied Research Laboratories.<ref name="The Bush School"/> Known as an expert in [[political science]] with a long record of distinction in a number of fields, he wrote seven books and published more than 200 papers in [[statistics]]/[[statistical theory]], [[signal processing]], economics, political science, [[biomedical engineering]], [[pharmacy]], and [[library science]].<ref name="The Bush School"/><ref name="The Daily Texan-September 9, 2010">{{cite news|title=Professor survived by spouse, daughter|author=Collin Eaton|url=http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content/professor-survived-spouse-daughter|newspaper=The Daily Texan|publisher=Texas Student Media|location=Austin, Texas|date=September 9, 2010|access-date=September 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913023150/http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content/professor-survived-spouse-daughter|archive-date=September 13, 2010}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
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==Education==
==Education==
Hinich attended [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Institute of Technology]] where he earned a [[B.S.]] in [[Mathematics]] in 1959 as well as an [[M.S.]] in Mathematics in 1960.<ref name="The Bush School"/> In 1963, he earned a [[Ph.D.]] in [[Statistics]] from [[Stanford University]].<ref name="The Bush School"/><ref name="The Daily Texan-September 9, 2010"/> Hinich's advisor while at Stanford was [[Herman Chernoff]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-stat.stanford.edu/people/alumni/alumni1964.html |title=Alumni 1963 - 1964 |author=Stanford University Department of Statistics |authorlink= |date= |year= |publisher=Stanford University |location=Palo Alto, California |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans-title=|doi= |accessdate=September 24, 2010 |quote= }}</ref>
Hinich attended [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Institute of Technology]] where he earned a [[B.S.]] in [[Mathematics]] in 1959 as well as an [[M.S.]] in Mathematics in 1960.<ref name="The Bush School"/> In 1963, he earned a [[Ph.D.]] in [[Statistics]] from [[Stanford University]].<ref name="The Bush School"/><ref name="The Daily Texan-September 9, 2010"/> Hinich's advisor while at Stanford was [[Herman Chernoff]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www-stat.stanford.edu/people/alumni/alumni1964.html |title=Alumni 1963 - 1964 |author=Stanford University Department of Statistics |date= |year= |publisher=Stanford University |location=Palo Alto, California |page= |pages= |at= |language= |trans-title=|doi= |access-date=September 24, 2010 |quote= }}</ref>


==Editorial experience and professional affiliations==
==Editorial experience and professional affiliations==
At various times throughout his career, Hinich served as editor for ''[[Macroeconomic Dynamics]]'', ''[[Berkeley Electronic Press|Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics]]'', ''[[Journal of the American Statistical Association]]'', and ''[[Journal of Mathematical Sociology]]''.<ref name="Rowley">{{cite book |editor1-first=Charles K. |editor1-last=Rowley |editor12-first=Friedrich |editor2-last=Schneider |title=The Encyclopedia of Public Choice |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YUVMr-aFYwYC&pg=PR1 |volume=2 |year=2004 |publisher=Springer |isbn= 9780792386070 |pages=358–359 |chapter=Biographies }}</ref> He became a fellow of the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]] in 1973, a fellow of the [[Public Choice Society]] in 1988, and was president of that organization from 1992 to 1994.<ref name="Rowley"/> Hinich was elected as a fellow of the [[American Statistical Association]] in 2002.<ref>[http://www.amstat.org/careers/fellowslist.cfm ASA Fellows], retrieved 2010-09-27.</ref>
At various times throughout his career, Hinich served as editor for ''[[Macroeconomic Dynamics]]'', ''[[Berkeley Electronic Press|Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics]]'', ''[[Journal of the American Statistical Association]]'', and ''[[Journal of Mathematical Sociology]]''.<ref name="Rowley">{{cite book |editor1-first=Charles K. |editor1-last=Rowley |editor12-first=Friedrich |editor2-last=Schneider |title=The Encyclopedia of Public Choice |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YUVMr-aFYwYC&pg=PR1 |volume=2 |year=2004 |publisher=Springer |isbn= {{Format ISBN|9780792386070}} |pages=358–359 |chapter=Biographies }}</ref> He became a fellow of the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]] in 1973, a fellow of the [[Public Choice Society]] in 1988, and was president of that organization from 1992 to 1994.<ref name="Rowley"/> Hinich was elected as a fellow of the [[American Statistical Association]] in 2002.<ref>[http://www.amstat.org/careers/fellowslist.cfm ASA Fellows], retrieved 2010-09-27.</ref>


==Academic influence==
==Academic influence==
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===Articles===
===Articles===
*{{cite document |last1=Inbody |first1=Donald S. |last2=Hinich |first2=Melvin J. |title=Randomly Modulated Periodicities in Relative Sunspot Numbers |date=January 2009 |hdl=10877/3983 }}
*{{cite web |last1=Inbody |first1=Donald S. |last2=Hinich |first2=Melvin J. |title=Randomly Modulated Periodicities in Relative Sunspot Numbers |website=Texas State University |date=January 2009 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/10877/3983 |hdl=10877/3983 |hdl-access=free}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Dubnov |first1=Shlomo |last2=Hinich |first2=Melvin J. |title=Analyzing several musical instrument tones using the randomly modulated periodicity model |journal=Signal Processing |date=January 2009 |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=24–30 |doi=10.1016/j.sigpro.2008.07.006 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Dubnov |first1=Shlomo |last2=Hinich |first2=Melvin J. |title=Analyzing several musical instrument tones using the randomly modulated periodicity model |journal=Signal Processing |date=January 2009 |volume=89 |issue=1 |pages=24–30 |doi=10.1016/j.sigpro.2008.07.006 }}


Revision as of 19:08, 31 July 2023

Melvin J. Hinich
Born(1939-04-29)April 29, 1939
DiedSeptember 6, 2010(2010-09-06) (aged 71)

Melvin Jay "Mel" Hinich (April 29, 1939 – September 6, 2010) [1] was a professor of government and economics at the University of Texas at Austin.[2] Hinich was also a research professor at UT's Applied Research Laboratories.[2] Known as an expert in political science with a long record of distinction in a number of fields, he wrote seven books and published more than 200 papers in statistics/statistical theory, signal processing, economics, political science, biomedical engineering, pharmacy, and library science.[2][3]

Biography

Hinich was born on April 29, 1939, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1966, he married Sonje Gregg and the couple had a daughter, Amy Leksana.

Education

Hinich attended Carnegie Institute of Technology where he earned a B.S. in Mathematics in 1959 as well as an M.S. in Mathematics in 1960.[2] In 1963, he earned a Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University.[2][3] Hinich's advisor while at Stanford was Herman Chernoff.[4]

Editorial experience and professional affiliations

At various times throughout his career, Hinich served as editor for Macroeconomic Dynamics, Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, Journal of the American Statistical Association, and Journal of Mathematical Sociology.[5] He became a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics in 1973, a fellow of the Public Choice Society in 1988, and was president of that organization from 1992 to 1994.[5] Hinich was elected as a fellow of the American Statistical Association in 2002.[6]

Academic influence

Michael Munger was reported to have been heavily influenced by Hinich.[7]

Death

Hinich died on September 6, 2010, after falling down a staircase.[3] He is survived by his wife and daughter.[3]

Publications

Books

  • The Spatial Theory of Voting: An Introduction (with J. Enelow), Cambridge University Press, January (1984)
  • Advances in the Spatial Theory of Voting, J. Enelow and M. J. Hinich (eds.), Cambridge University Press (1990)
  • Political Economy: Institutions, Competition, and Representation, W. Barnett, M. J. Hinich, and N. J. Schofield (eds.), Cambridge University Press (1993).
  • Ideology and the Theory of Political Choice, (with M. C. Munger), University of Michigan Press, (1994)
  • Analytical Politics (with M.C. Munger) Cambridge University Press, (1997). Empirical Studies in Comparative Politics, (with M.C. Munger) Kluwer Academic Publishers,(1999)
  • Topics in Analytical Political Economy, M. J. Hinich and W. Barnett (editors), Elsevier, Oxford (ISBN 978-0-444-53137-7) (2007)
  • Consumer Protection Legislation and the U. S. Food Industry (with R. Staelin), Pergamon Press, (1980).
  • Introduction to Continuous Probability Theory, (with K. D. MacKenzie), Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., (1969).

Articles

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ University of Texas at Austin, September 7, 2010
  2. ^ a b c d e "Melvin J. Hinich". The Bush School of Government and Public Service. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d Collin Eaton (September 9, 2010). "Professor survived by spouse, daughter". The Daily Texan. Austin, Texas: Texas Student Media. Archived from the original on September 13, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
  4. ^ Stanford University Department of Statistics. "Alumni 1963 - 1964". Palo Alto, California: Stanford University. Retrieved September 24, 2010.
  5. ^ a b Rowley, Charles K.; Schneider, eds. (2004). "Biographies". The Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Vol. 2. Springer. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-0-7923-8607-0.
  6. ^ ASA Fellows, retrieved 2010-09-27.
  7. ^ Rowley p.377

External links

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