Nancy Gordon

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Nancy May Gordon is an American economist and statistician who works for the United States Census Bureau.

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Education and career

Gordon majored in economics and statistics at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a doctorate in economics from Stanford University. [1] Her dissertation, Ex ante and Ex post Substitutability in Economic Growth, was supervised by Kenneth Arrow.

After completing her Ph.D., she became a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University from 1970 to 1974, and then a senior research associate at the Urban Institute. She began working for president Jimmy Carter in 1979, as a senior advisor and executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Women. From 1980 to 1995 she worked in the Congressional Budget Office as a senior economist and assistant director for health and human resources. [2]

Since 1995 she has worked at the United States Census Bureau. From 1995 until 2005 she worked on household surveys as associate director for demographic programs. [2] Subsequently, she became associate director for strategic planning and innovation at the Census Bureau.

Service

Gordon was president of the Caucus for Women in Statistics in 1985, [3] and chair of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession of the American Economic Association from 1985 to 1987. [1] She has also served on the board of directors of Worldwide Assurance for Employees of Public Agencies, a nonprofit insurance association for federal employees, from 1982 to 1990, including a term as president of the board. [2] [1]

Recognition

In 2000, Gordon was listed as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. [4] She is also an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nancy Gordon Named Associate Director for Demographic Programs", Census and You, 31 (3): 5, March 1996
  2. 1 2 3 Snider, Val (September 2009), "Nancy M. Gordon: Informing Decisions", Statisticians in History, Amstat News, American Statistical Association
  3. ↑ Presidents 1971–2017 (PDF), Caucus for Women in Statistics , retrieved 2018-12-19
  4. ↑ ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, archived from the original on 2019-04-25, retrieved 2018-12-22
  5. ↑ Individual members, International Statistical Institute , retrieved 2018-12-19
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