Background
Kurnow was born in 1912 in Brooklyn, New York and attended The City College of New York and New York University.
Kurnow was born in 1912 in Brooklyn, New York and attended The City College of New York and New York University.
Bachelor of Science cum laude, City College of New York, 1932; Master of Science in Education, City College of New York, 1933; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1951.
Teacher, New York City Board Education, 1935-1940;
statistician, New York City Board Education, 1941-1948;
mathematician ordnance division, War Department, 1940-1941;
member of faculty, New York University, since 1948;
professor economics, New York University, 1960-1963;
professor business statistics, department chairman, New York University, 1963-1986;
professor emeritus business statistics, Adjunct Professor business statistics, New York University, since 1986;
department chairman, New York University, 1963-1976;
chairman doctoral program, New York University, 1976-1985;
director Careers in Business program, New York University, 1979-1988. Consultant New York State Tax Structure Study Commission, since 1959, Mayor New York City Committee Management Survey, 1950-1951, Turkish Ministry Finance, 1955-1956. Consultant temporary commission Revision New York State Constitution, 1958.
Temporary commission fiscal affairs New York State Government, 1953-1954. Consultant Tri-State Transportation Commission, 1964-1966, 73-75. Participant Brazilian capital markets program, 1968.
Study director governments' Special Commision on Financing Mass Transportation, 1970-1971;consultant Commision on Charter Revision, City of New York, 1973-1974, Temporary Commision on City Finances, 1975-1976.
Fellow American Statistical Association. Member International Statistical Institute (elected), American Economic Association, Econometric Society, Institute Management Sciences, National Tax Association, American Society Quality Control, Sphinx, Beta Gamma Sigma, Sigma Eta Phi, Delta Pi Sigma, Alpha Phi Sigma, Delta Sigma Pi.
Married Joyce Litzky, October 6, 1938. Children: Ruth (Mistress Jeffrey Jarrett), Susan Carol (Mistress Leonard Weistrop), Alice Rose (Mistress Claude Morin).