Gertrude Mary Cox papers, 1918-1983 [manuscript].

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Gertrude Mary Cox papers, 1918-1983 [manuscript].

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The Gertrude Mary Cox Papers consists of correspondence, diaries, photographs, speeches, articles, diplomas, certificates, and other materials relating to Cox's career in statistics, her consulting work, travel, honors received, and the Cox Fellowship which was created in her honor at North Carolina State University. Her writings relate statistics to various subjects including: education, agriculture, nutrition, experimental design, biometrics, horticulture, home economics, and international research.

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North Carolina State University, NCSU Libraries

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The North Carolina State University Department of Statistics is among the nation's oldest, having been founded by renowned statistician Gertrude Cox in 1941. It receives support from both the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. From the description of North Carolina State University, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Department of Statistics records, 1940-2003 [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). Worl...

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Cox, Gertrude M.

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Gertrude Mary Cox (1900-1978) served as head of the Statistics Department at North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University) from 1940 to 1949. She played an important role in founding the Research Triangle Institute in 1959 and held the position of Director, Statistics Research Division at the Institute from 1959 until 1964. In 1949 Cox became the first woman elected into the International Statistical Institute. In 1956 she was elected President of the American Statistical ...