Background
Lotka, Alfred James was born on March 2, 1880 in of America parents at Lemberg, Austria. Son of Jacques and Marie (Doebely) Lotka.
Lotka, Alfred James was born on March 2, 1880 in of America parents at Lemberg, Austria. Son of Jacques and Marie (Doebely) Lotka.
Bachelor of Science, Birmingham (England) University, 1901, Doctor of Science, 1912. Master of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1909. Graduate study, University of Leipzig, Germany, 1901-1902, Johns Hopkins, 1922-1924.
Assistant chemist General Chemical Company, 1902-1908. Assistant in physics, Cornell Univercity, 1908-1909. Examiner United States Patent Office 1909.
Assistant physicist United States bureau of Standards, 1909-1911.
Editor Scientific American Supplement, 1911-1914. Chemist General Chemical Company, 1914-1919.
Supervisor mathematics research, Statistical Bureau Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1924-1933, general supervisor, 1933-1934. Assistant statistician Metropolitan Life Insurance corporation since 1934.
Fellow American Statistical Association (president 1942), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Economics Society Population Association America (president 1938-1939), Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Member International Union for Scientific Investigation of Population Problems, International Statistical Institute, Inter-American Statistical Institute, Econometric Society, American Mathematical Society, American Public Health Association, Swiss Actuarial Society, Washington Academy Science, Sigma Xi. Club: Cornell (New York).
Married Romola Beattie, January 5, 1935.