John Paul Stevens

Person · Open Library

Works

4

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

8

Total plays

58

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5 total works indexed

1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

   · 1996 · cited 204,615x

2. Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations

   · 1958 · cited 70,822x

3. “Mini-mental state”

   · 1975 · cited 68,293x

4. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

   · 2009 · cited 46,839x

5. Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks

   · 2003 · cited 45,770x

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Quotes

• “On occasion, quite apart from any threat of persecution, an advocate may believe her ideas will be more persuasive if her readers are unaware of her identity. Anonymity thereby provides a way for a writer who may be personally unpopular to ensure that readers will not prejudge her message simply because they do not like its proponent.”
• “Money is property; it is not speech. Speech has the power to inspire volunteers to perform a multitude of tasks on a campaign trail, on a battleground, or even on a football field. Money, meanwhile, has the power to pay hired laborers to perform the same tasks. It does not follow, however, that the First Amendment provides the same measure of protection to the use of money to accomplish such goals as it provides to the use of ideas to achieve the same results.”
• “Time will one day heal the wound to that confidence that will be inflicted by today's decision. One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.”
• “After all, a district judge who gives harsh sentences to Yankees fans and lenient sentences to Red Sox fans would not be acting reasonably even if her procedural rulings were impeccable.”
• “A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold.”
• “[B]y requiring that an execution be relatively painless, we necessarily protect the inmate from enduring any punishment that is comparable to the suffering inflicted on his victim. This trend, while appropriate and required by the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, actually undermines the very premise on which public approval of the retribution rationale is based.”

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Key facts

Nominated by

Gerald Ford

Preceded by

William O. Douglas

Succeeded by

Elena Kagan

Born

( 1920-04-20 ) April 20, 1920, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Died

July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16) (aged 99), Fort Lauderdale, Florida , U.S.

Resting place

Arlington National Cemetery

Party

Republican

Spouses

Elizabeth Sheeren ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1979 ) ​ Maryan Mulholland Simon ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 ; died 2015 ) ​

Education

University of Chicago ( AB ) Northwestern University ( JD )

Civilian awards

Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012)

Allegiance

United States

Branch service

United States Navy

Years of service

1942–1945

Rank

Lieutenant commander

Battles wars

World War II Pacific Theater Operation Vengeance

Military awards

Bronze Star World War II Victory Medal

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