Irene Curran Montie (December 12, 1921 – December 23, 2018) was an American statistician in the US government service who became president of the

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Early life and education

Montie was born in

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; her parents, Michael Edward Curran and Catherine Keogh Curran, were of Irish descent. She earned two associate degrees, two bachelor's degrees (from

Upper Iowa University Upper Iowa University (UIU) is a private university in Fayette, Iowa. It enrolls around 6000 students and offers distance education programs that include 15 centers in the U.S., an online program, an independent study program, and centers in ...

in 1973 and

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in 1974), two master's degrees (from the

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in 1974 and Central Michigan University in 1976), and a Ph.D., which she completed in 1976 at

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. Her dissertation was ''Application of Change Theory for Alleviation of Prejudicial Barriers to Career Advancement for Women: A Study in Two Federal Agencies'', and was supervised by Harry Kranz.

Career

Before joining the

United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of t ...

, Montie founded a childcare firm. From 1969 to 1978 she was chief of the Sampling Procedures Branch of the Census Bureau. In the early 1980s she was director of the Survey and Statistical Design Division in the Office of Energy Systems and Support,

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. Afterwards, she also worked in the

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Service

Montie became president of the

for the 1979 term. She also served on the Information Resources Management Curriculum Advisory Committee of

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Montie, Irene 1921 births 2018 deaths American statisticians Women statisticians Upper Iowa University alumni New York University alumni University of Northern Colorado alumni Central Michigan University alumni