Delores Ann Conway is an American statistician and economist known for her work on the statistics of real estate markets. She is Professor of Real Estate Economics and Statistics in the

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of the

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Education and career

Conway graduated in 1971 from the

University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...

, with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, earning a second bachelor's degree in computer methods and statistics in 1972. She went to

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

for graduate study in statistics, earning a master's degree in 1975 and completing her Ph.D. in 1979. Her dissertation, ''Multivariate Distribution with Specified Marginals'', was supervised by

Ingram Olkin Ingram Olkin (July 23, 1924 – April 28, 2016) was a professor emeritus and chair of statistics and education at Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He is known for developing statistical analysis for evaluatin ...

. She became an assistant professor of business at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

in 1979, as the first female faculty member in the

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, and moved to the

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as an associate professor in 1985. At USC, she directed the Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast, beginning in 2004. She moved to the University of Rochester as associate dean in 2009.

Recognition

In 1997, Conway was elected as a

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Personal life

After moving to Rochester, Conway married the president of the university,

Joel Seligman Joel Seligman (born January 11, 1950) is an American legal scholar and former academic administrator. He served as the 10th president of the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York, from 2005 to 2018. Seligman is also one of the leading a ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Delores Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American statisticians American women statisticians American women economists 21st-century American economists University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni Stanford University alumni University of Chicago faculty University of Rochester faculty Fellows of the American Statistical Association 21st-century American women