David M. Rocke

David M. Rocke (b. 1946) is an American statistician and Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Davis. In addition to a large number of scholarly articles, he has coauthored two books with George W. Downs on the application of statistical methods to international relations: Optimal Imperfection? and Tacit Bargaining, Arms Races, and Arms Control. Among his numerous academic honors, Rocke is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Royal Statistical Society, and an elected Member of the International Statistical Institute. He holds a bachelor's degree from Shimer College, where he enrolled via Shimer's program of early entrance to college, and a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Illinois, Chicago. (from Shimer College Wiki)