Mary Mulry

Mary Helen Mulry (also published as Mary Mulry-Liggan) is an American demographic statistician who works for the United States Census Bureau and has published scholarly works about census accuracy.^[1]

Education and career

Mulry majored in mathematics at Texas Christian University, graduating in 1972 as the university's top mathematics student.^[1]^[2] She went to Indiana University Bloomington for graduate study in mathematics, earning a master's degree in mathematics in 1975, a second master's degree in statistics in 1977, and a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1978.^[1] Her dissertation, Equivariant $\mathbb {Z} _{p}$ -Extension Properties, concerned equivariant topology and was supervised by Jan Jaworowski.^[3]^[4]

Since completing her doctorate, Mulry has alternated between working for industry (at the System Planning Corporation, Lockheed Martin, M/A/R/C Research, and as an independent consultant) and for the United States Census Bureau (1980–1983, 1984–1997, and 2001–present). Since 2001 she has been a principal researcher for the Census Bureau, in the Center for Statistical Research and Methodology.^[1]

Mulry chaired the methodology section of the Washington Statistical Society in 1986–1987.^[5] She was vice president of the American Statistical Association from 2011 to 2013.

Recognition

Mulry was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1994.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mary H. Mulry", Our researchers, United States Census Bureau, retrieved 2021-01-26
^ Afflerbach, Libby (25 April 1972), "Senior Scholars Named At Honors Day Ceremonies", The Daily Skiff, Texas Christian University, p. 7
^ Mulry, Mary Helen (1978), Equivariant $\mathbb {Z} _{p}$ -Extension Properties (Ph.D. thesis), Indiana University, ProQuest 302903139
^ Mary Mulry at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ Brock, Dwight B. (2019), "Chairpersons of Methodology Section", Washington Statistical Society History Through August, 2019 (PDF), Washington Statistical Society, p. 22
^ ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2021-01-26

[census-1] "Mary H. Mulry", Our researchers, United States Census Bureau, retrieved 2021-01-26

[ss-2] Afflerbach, Libby (25 April 1972), "Senior Scholars Named At Honors Day Ceremonies", The Daily Skiff, Texas Christian University, p. 7

[diss-3] Mulry, Mary Helen (1978), Equivariant $\mathbb {Z} _{p}$ -Extension Properties (Ph.D. thesis), Indiana University, ProQuest 302903139

[mg-4] Mary Mulry at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[wss-5] Brock, Dwight B. (2019), "Chairpersons of Methodology Section", Washington Statistical Society History Through August, 2019 (PDF), Washington Statistical Society, p. 22

[fasa-6] ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, retrieved 2021-01-26

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