Ruth Ann Killion (1949–2021) was an American government statistician who worked for the United States Census Bureau.

Education and career

Killion was born on November 2, 1949, in Springfield, Illinois, where her father was a minister.[1] She was educated at Florida State University, earning a master's degree in statistics there in 1973.[2]

She worked for many years in the Census Bureau,[1] and as executive director of the Office for Research, Planning, and Evaluation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.[3] At the Census Bureau, she served as chief of the statistical research division,[4] of the decennial statistical studies division,[3] of the planning, research and evaluation division,[5] and of the demographic statistical methods division.[6]

She retired from the Census Bureau in 2019, and died on November 23, 2021.[1]

Recognition

In 2016, Killion was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ruth Ann Killion November 2, 1949 — November 23, 2021, Beall Funeral Home, retrieved 2023-08-17
  2. ↑ Alumni: Masters Degrees, Florida State University Department of Statistics, retrieved 2023-08-17
  3. 1 2 "Biographical Information of the Candidates for the Board of Directors for 1998 – 1999: President", WSS News, Washington Statistical Society, May 1998, retrieved 2023-08-17
  4. ↑ "Biographical information on candidates: Secretary, 1993–4" (PDF), WSS News, Washington Statistical Society: 9, May 1993, retrieved 2023-08-17
  5. ↑ "Getting Through It", Government Executive, March 1, 2006, retrieved 2023-08-17
  6. ↑ "Seminars" (PDF), WSS News, Washington Statistical Society: 1, December 2012, retrieved 2023-08-17
  7. ↑ ASA Fellows, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2023-08-17
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