Ruth Ann Killion

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

Education and career[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "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