Patrick Colonel Suppes was an American philosopher who made significant contributions to philosophy of science, the theory of measurement, the foundations of quantum mechanics, decision theory, psychology and educational technology. Suppes was born on March 17, 1922, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He received a B.S. from the University of Chicago and his Ph.D at Columbia University. Suppes helped shape Stanford’s community through the co-founding of the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences in 1959 and served half-time as the Associate Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences for three years and as Acting Dean for one. He served as the Director and Faculty Advisor for Stanford’s Education Program for Gifted Youth. In 1990 he was awarded the National Medal of Science by President George H. Bush. He died on November 17, 2014 (aged 92) in Stanford, California.