Margaret Smagorinsky

Margaret Smagorinsky
Born
Margaret F Knoepfel

(1915-12-23)December 23, 1915
DiedNovember 14, 2011(2011-11-14) (aged 95)
Hillsborough, NJ, United States
Alma materBrooklyn College
University of Virginia
New York University
SpouseJoseph Smagorinsky
Scientific career
FieldsMeteorology
InstitutionsRailroad Retirement Board
Princeton University

Margaret Smagorinsky (23 December 1915 – 14 November 2011) was an American statistician, computer programmer, and pioneering weather technologist. She was the first female statistician hired by the US Weather Bureau and the wife of meteorologist Joseph Smagorinsky.