The Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem, named after Allan Gibbard and Mark Satterthwaite, is a result about the deterministic voting systems that choose a single winner using only the preferences of the voters, where each voter ranks all candidates in order of preference.
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In 2009, Gibbard became one of three living philosophers to be elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.
Phil Gibbard (born 1949), Professor of Quaternary Palaeoenvironments, University of Cambridge
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Les Gibbard (1945–2010), political cartoonist, journalist, illustrator
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Allan Gibbard (born 1942), Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan
Gibbard later covered the song "Choir Vandals" on Home Series Vol. V, a split EP with The American Analog Set's own Andrew Kenny.
Gibbard was born in Kaiapoi, New Zealand; he grew up in New Zealand and learnt his trade under the tutelage of Gordon Minhinnick (himself influenced by David Low), a former political cartoonist with the New Zealand Herald.