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'''Peter Fishburn''' (2 September 1936 — June 10, 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/centredaily/name/peter-fishburn-obituary?pid=199009461|title=Peter Fishburn's obituary on Legacy.com|url-status=live}}</ref>) was a voting theorist who worked many years at [[w:AT&T Bell Laboratories|AT&T Bell Laboratories]]. In collaboration with [[Steven Brams]], he devised [[approval voting]] in 1977. In 1996, he won the [[w:John von Neumann Theory Prize|John von Neumann Theory Prize]]. He also won the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150912104524/https://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/Community-Prizes-and-Awards/Decision-Analysis-Society/Decision-Analysis-Publication-Award Decision Analysis Publication Award] in 1991 and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160513203045/https://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/Community-Prizes-and-Awards/Decision-Analysis-Society/Frank-P.-Ramsey-Medal Frank P. Ramsey Medal] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter C. Fishburn|url=http://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/Award-Recipients/Peter-C.-Fishburn|publisher=Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences|access-date=2012-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905080712/http://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/Award-Recipients/Peter-C.-Fishburn|archive-date=2012-09-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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