Background
Wickens, Aryness Joy was born on January 5, 1901 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Oliver Hodgson and Elizabeth (Chapman) Joy.
Wickens, Aryness Joy was born on January 5, 1901 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Oliver Hodgson and Elizabeth (Chapman) Joy.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Washington, 1922; A.M., University of Chicago, 1924.
Instructor, then assistant professor economics and sociology, Mount Holyoke College, 1924-1928;
research assistant division research and statistics, Federal Reserve Board, 1928-1933;
chief statistician, Office Economics Adviser, National Emergency Council, 1933-1935;
chief statistician, chief economist, United States Central Statistical Board, 1935-1937;
assistant to commissioner, Bureau Labor Statistics, 1938-1940;
chief, prices and cost of living branch, Bureau Labor Statistics, 1940-1945;
assistant commissioner for program operations, Bureau Labor Statistics, 1945-1949;
deputy commissioner of Bureau, Bureau Labor Statistics, 1949-1954;
acting commissioner, Bureau Labor Statistics, 1954-1955;
deputy assistant secretary labor for manpower and employment, Bureau Labor Statistics, 1956-1959;
economics adviser to secretary of labor, 1959-1962;
consumer program adviser, 1962-1969;
special assistant to assistant secretary labor for manpower, 1967-1968;
director, Office of Manpower Management Data Systems, Manpower Administration, 1968-1970;
consultant to manpower administrator, Office of Manpower Management Data Systems, Manpower Administration, 1970-1971;
private consultant, from 1971;
statistician, Commision on Federal Paperwork, 1976-1977. Member of advisory board Export Import Bank United States, 1976-1977. Director Washington-Lee Savings & Loan Association, McLean, Virginia, 1965-1973, director emeritus, 1974-1991.
Adviser to the United States delegate 30th and 31st sessions International Labor Conference, 1947, 1948. United States delegate to 1st general assembly Inter-American Statistical Institute, 1947. Adviser to the United States delegate Economics and Social Council of United Nations, 1951, 52, 60, 61.
Board of directors American National Standards Institute, 1967-1969. Member Consumer Standards Board, 1963-1966, Consumer Council, 1966-1969, 70-76. Fellow American Statistical Association (president 1952).
Member American Economics Association, National Economists Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Married David Lawrence Wickens, June 29, 1935. Children– David Elder (deceased) Donaldson.