Leonard Savage (1917-1971)
Leonard Savage was a mathematician who contributed to the concept of decision theory by studying gambling as a model for problems in probability and decision theory. He wrote a book titled The Foundations of Statistics which considers subjective probality and utility. He also wrote articles relating to statistical inference using the Bayesian approach. For indepth biographical information on Savage go to--
http://turnbull.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Savage.html
For a list of Savage’s works go to--
http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/savage.htm
For an explanation of the Leonard J. Savage award go to--