Mary N. Torrey

Mary Newton Torrey (February 2, 1910 - January 7, 1998) was a mathematical statistician and quality control specialist for Bell Laboratories.[1] With Harold F. Dodge at Bell Labs, she was an early contributor to the theory of acceptance sampling.[2] The Dodge–Torrey continuous sampling plans are named after her and Dodge.[3][4]

Mary Newton Torrey
Born(1910-02-02)February 2, 1910
Worcester, Massachusetts
DiedJuly 1, 1998(1998-07-01) (aged 88)
NationalityAmerican
EducationWellesley College
Alma materColumbia University
OccupationMathematical statistician
Quality control specialist
EmployerBell Laboratories

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] In that year she joined the Quality Assurance Department of Bell Labs. While working there, she earned a master's degree in mathematical statistics from 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] She was also a fellow of the American Society for Quality Control.[1]

Torrey died on January 7, 1998 at the age of 87.[7][8]

References
  1. "Contributors", Proceedings of the IRE, 44 (11): 1624–1625, 1956, doi:10.1109/JRPROC.1956.274883
  2. Kowalewski, Milton J.; Tye, Josh B. (1990), Statistical Sampling: Past, Present, and Future, Theoretical and Practical, ASTM Special Technical Publications, 1097, American Society for Testing and Materials, p. 8, ISBN 9780803114005
  3. Schilling, Edward G.; Neubauer, Dean V. (2009), Acceptance Sampling in Quality Control (2nd ed.), CRC Press, p. 323, ISBN 9781584889533
  4. Mittag, Hans-Joachim; Rinne, Horst (1993), Statistical Methods of Quality Assurance (2nd ed.), CRC Press, p. 347, ISBN 9780412559808
  5. "Wellesley College Bulletin Calendar Number 1930-1931", The Wellesley College Catalogs: 169, 1930
  6. "Election of new fellows", The American Statistician, 13 (1): 25, 1959, doi:10.1080/00031305.1959.10482581
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