Editing Herman Chernoff (section)

==Early life and education==
Herman Chernoff's parents were Pauline and Max Chernoff, Jewish immigrants from the [[Russian Empire]]. He studied at [[Townsend Harris High School]]<ref name=mactutor>{{cite web|title=Herman Chernoff|publisher=[[MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive]]|url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Chernoff.html|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref> and earned a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in [[mathematics]] from the [[City College of New York]] in 1943.<ref name=mit>{{cite web|title=Herman Chernoff|work=Faculty directory|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]|url=http://math.mit.edu/directory/profile.php?pid=43|access-date=12 March 2020|archive-date=7 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007023911/https://math.mit.edu/directory/profile.php?pid=43|url-status=dead}}</ref> He attended graduate school at [[Brown University]], earning an [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] in [[applied mathematics]] in 1945, and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in applied mathematics in 1948 under the supervision of [[Abraham Wald]].{{r|mit}}<ref name=mathgen>{{cite web|title=Herman Chernoff|publisher=[[Mathematics Genealogy Project]]|url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/index.php|access-date=12 March 2020}}</ref>