Mathematical statistician
Mary Newton Torrey (February 2, 1910 - January 7, 1998) was an American mathematical statistician and quality control specialist for Bell Laboratories .[ 1] Harold F. Dodge at Bell Labs, she was an early contributor to the theory of acceptance sampling .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Torrey was born in Worcester, Massachusetts , and graduated in 1930 from Wellesley College as a Durant Scholar (Wellesley's highest honor) with a double major in mathematics and physics.[ 1] [ 5] Columbia University in 1946.[ 1]
In 1958, she was elected to be a Fellow of the American Statistical Association "for her contributions to the theory of sampling inspection, for her able analyses of engineering data, and for her clear and concise presentation of statistical quality control in electronics".[ 6] American Society for Quality Control .[ 1]
Torrey died on January 7, 1998, at the age of 87.[ 7] [ 8]
References
^ a b c d "Contributors", Proceedings of the IRE , 44 (11): 1624–1625, 1956, doi :10.1109/JRPROC.1956.274883 ^ Kowalewski, Milton J.; Tye, Josh B. (1990), Statistical Sampling: Past, Present, and Future, Theoretical and Practical ISBN 9780803114005 ^ Schilling, Edward G.; Neubauer, Dean V. (2009), Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control ISBN 9781584889533 ^ Mittag, Hans-Joachim; Rinne, Horst (1993), Statistical Methods of Quality Assurance ISBN 9780412559808 ^ "Wellesley College Bulletin Calendar Number 1930-1931" , The Wellesley College Catalogs : 169, 1930^ "Election of new fellows", The American Statistician , 13 (1): 25, 1959, doi :10.1080/00031305.1959.10482581 ^ Mary N Torrey ^ Mary N Torrey
