Beatrice Aitchison

Beatrice Aitchison (July 18, 1908 – September 22, 1997) was an American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist who directed the Transport Economics Division of the United States Department of Commerce, and later became the top woman in the United States Postal Service and the first policy-level appointee there.

This article is about the American transportation economist. For the wife and daughter of the lieutenant governor of Punjab, see Charles Umpherston Aitchison.

Beatrice Aitchison
Born(1908-07-18)July 18, 1908
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
DiedSeptember 22, 1997(1997-09-22) (aged 89)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materGoucher College (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MA) (PhD)
University of Oregon (MA)
Known forExecutive order banning sex discrimination in the U.S. Government
AwardsFederal Woman's Awards (1961)
Career Service Award (1970)
Woodrow Wilson Award (1997)
Scientific career
Fields
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Transportation Economics
  • Topology
Doctoral advisorGordon Thomas Whyburn
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