================= HES POSTING ================= [Forwarded on behalf of Robert Leonard. -- RBE] Dear colleagues, Albert Jolink has suggested that I may have something to offer concerning the recent query on one John Williams. If I recall correctly, however, the original query referred to a Williams who, amongst other things, had studied at Harvard. The John Williams on whom I have done some work - mathematical statistician with the Applied Mathematics Panel during WWII and then head of mathematical research at the RAND Corporation from its inception till the early 1960's - was trained at Arizona and then Princeton. It is unlikely that this is the person referred to on this list. Should I be mistaken, however, I would be happy to provide further information. Sincerely, Robert Leonard ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]