“It’s fair to say that a person can only celebrate a 100^th birthday once in a century,” pronounced Joe Blitzstein, Professor of the Practice, in the Harvard Department of Statistics.  Leaning towards an audience of 100 gathered at the Harvard SOCH Hilles building, he added, “Today, we celebrate with our beloved colleague Herman Chernoff his birthday and 70 plus years of contributions to the field of statistics.”  With these words, Prof. Blitzstein launched the May 5^th Centennial Celebration of Emeritus Faculty Herman Chernoff and his research and teaching...