- Born 30 January 1915, Easton PA
- Died 1 February 1992, Mitchellville MD
- AB Wilson College (Chambersburg PA) 1935
- MA George Washington University 1940
- PhD March 1953, Statistics, Columbia University
- Adviser: Theodore W. Anderson
- Dissertation: Contribution to the problem of classification
- Primary employer: Columbia Teachers College; Stanford University