Katherine Wallman | |
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Chief Statistician of the United States | |
In office November 1992 – January 3, 2017 | |
President | George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Hermann Habermann |
Succeeded by | Nancy Potok |
Personal details | |
Born | New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | [1] | January 17, 2024
Education | Wellesley College (BA) |
Katherine K. Wallman (died January 17, 2024) was an American statistician who served as the Chief Statistician of the United States from 1992 to 2017.[2] In that role at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, she provided coordination, guidance, and oversight for the Federal Statistical System of the United States.[3]
She held a BA in sociology from Wellesley College.[4]
In 1983 Wallman was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[5] She was the president of the American Statistical Association in 1992,[6] and Chairwoman of the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2004–05.[2] She has made several appearances on C-SPAN.[7]
Wallman organized efforts to pass and implement the 2002 CIPSEA law which standardized confidentiality-protection and information-sharing by U.S. federal government statistical agencies.[8]
She died on January 17, 2024.[9]