Dorothy M. Gilford
Dorothy M. Gilford | |
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| Born | Dorothy Jeanne Morrow 1919 Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | December 6, 2014 (aged 94–95) |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Occupation | Statistician |
| Spouse |
Leon Gilford (m. 1950) |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Statistical Association (1961) |
Dorothy Morrow Gilford (1919 – December 6, 2014) was an American statistician who headed the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the Office of Naval Research, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences. She was the editor of The Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century: Statistics for Health Policy (National Academies Press, 1988).