Joan Raup Rosenblatt

Background

Rosenblatt, Joan Raup was born on April 15, 1926 in New York City. Daughter of Robert Bruce and Clara (Eliot) Raup.

Education

AB, Barnard College, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, U. North Carolina, 1956.

Career

Intern, National Institute Public Affairs, Washington, 1946-1947; statistical analyst, United States bureau of Budget, 1947-1948; research assistant, U. North Carolina, 1953-1954; mathematician, National Institute Standards and Technology (formerly National Bureau Standards), Washington, since 1955; assistant chief statistical engineering, National Institute Standards and Technology (formerly National Bureau Standards), Washington, 1963-1968; chief statistical engineering laboratory, National Institute Standards and Technology (formerly National Bureau Standards), Washington, 1969-1978; deputy director Center for Applied Mathematics, National Institute Standards and Technology (formerly National Bureau Standards), Washington, 1978-1988; deputy director, Computing and Applied Mathematics Laboratory, Gaithersburg, 1988-1993; director, Computing and Applied Mathematics Laboratory, Gaithersburg, 1993-1995. Member commission on industrial relations Department Statistics Ohio State University, 1981-1990. Member of advisory committee in mathematics and statistics USDA Graduate School, since 1971.

Member Committee Applied and Theoretical Statistics, National Research Council, 1985-1988.

Achievements

• Joan Raup Rosenblatt has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematical statistician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Committee on Women in Science, Joint Board on Science Education, 1963-1964. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman statistics section 1982, secretary 1987-1991), Institute Mathematics Statistics (county 1975-1977), American Statistical Association (Vice-President 1981-1983, director 1979-1980, Founders award 1991), Washington Academy Sciences (achievement award mathematics 1965). Member American Association of University Women, Royal Statistical Society London, Philosophical Society Washington, International Statistical Institute, Bernouilli Society Probability and Mathematics Statistics, Caucus Women Statistics (president 1976), Association Women Mathematics Executive Women Government, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (treasurer National Bureau Standards chapter 1982-1984).

Connections

Married David Rosenblatt, June 10,1950.

Father:

Robert Bruce Raup

Mother:

Clara (Eliot) Raup

Spouse:

David Rosenblatt