Background
Olds, Edwin Glenn was born on April 20, 1898 in Buffalo. Son of Edwin Nelson and Effie Ruth (Wells) Olds.
Olds, Edwin Glenn was born on April 20, 1898 in Buffalo. Son of Edwin Nelson and Effie Ruth (Wells) Olds.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1918. Master of Arts, U. Pittsburgh, 1925, Doctor of Philosophy, 1931.
Instructor Carnegie Institute Technology, 1922-1925, assistant professor, 1925-1931, associate professor, 1931-1951, professor, since 1951. Statistical consultant industrial and research organizations, since 1938. Lecturer statistical quality control, since 1943.
Chief statistical consultant Office Production Research and Development, War Production Board, 1943-1945.
Fellow Institute Mathematics Statistics (vice president 1946, president 1954), American Statistical Association, American Society Quality Control. Member Mathematics Association American, Reserve Section Royal Statistical Society, American Mathematical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Marion McNeil Knowles, March 30, 1918. Children: David McNeil, Marcia Elisabeth (Mistress Wilbur J. Singley Junior.