Samuel Hulse Preston (born December 2, 1943) is an American demographer and sociologist.
He is the former dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1987.
[citation needed] Preston's major research interest is in the health of populations.
He has written primarily about mortality trends and patterns in large aggregates, including 20th-century mortality transitions and black/white differentials in the United States.
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