Dorothy Brady
| Dorothy E. Stahl Brady | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 14, 1903 Elk River, Minnesota |
| Died |
April 17, 1977 (aged 73) Pine Hill, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Berkeley Cornell University Reed College |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields |
Mathematics Economics |
| Institutions |
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | John Hector McDonald |
Dorothy Elizabeth Stahl Brady (June 14, 1903 – April 17, 1977) was an American mathematician and economist. She was a professor of economics at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 1958 to 1970.[1]
Born in Elk River, Minnesota, she grew up in Portland, Oregon, attending Lincoln High School and later Reed College studying mathematics and physics. In June 1924 she married fellow Reed student Robert A. Brady.[2] The couple divorced in 1936. Brady earned her Ph.D. in mathematics from University of California, Berkeley in 1933.
She became a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1949.[3]
References
- ↑ Easterlin, Richard A. (1978). "Dorothy Stahl Brady, 1903–1977". Journal of Economic History. 38 (1): 301–303. JSTOR 2119341.
- ↑ Green, Judy; LaDuke, Jeanne (2009). Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhDs. American Mathematical Society. pp. 147–48. ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5. Biography on p.97-102 of the Supplementary Material at AMS
- ↑ List of ASA Fellows, retrieved 2016-07-16.
Authority control  |
|---|
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.