Nancy May Gordon is an American economist and statistician who works for the

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Education and career

Gordon majored in economics and statistics at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

, and earned a doctorate in economics from

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 ...

. Her dissertation, ''Ex ante and Ex post Substitutability in Economic Growth'', was supervised by

Kenneth Arrow Kenneth Joseph Arrow (August 23, 1921 – February 21, 2017) was an American economist, mathematician and political theorist. He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 1957, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1972, along with ...

. After completing her Ph.D., she became a faculty member at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...

from 1970 to 1974, and then a senior research associate at the

Urban Institute The Urban Institute is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank that conducts economic and social policy research to "open minds, shape decisions, and offer solutions". The institute receives funding from government contracts, foundations, and p ...

. In 1979, Gordon was an appointee in the

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as a senior advisor and executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Women. From 1980 to 1995 she worked in the

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as a senior economist and assistant director for health and human resources. Since 1995 she has worked at the

. From 1995 until 2005 she worked on household surveys as associate director for demographic programs. she was the associate director for demographic programs. Subsequently, she became associate director for strategic planning and innovation at the Census Bureau prior to her retirement.

Service

Gordon was president of the

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in 1985, and chair of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession of the

American Economic Association The American Economic Association (AEA) is a learned society in the field of economics, with approximately 23,000 members. It publishes several peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Review, an ...

from 1985 to 1987. She has also served on the board of directors of Worldwide Assurance for Employees of Public Agencies, a nonprofit insurance association for federal employees, from 1982 to 1990, including a term as president of the board.

Recognition

In September 2000, Gordon was elected as a

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. She is also an elected member of the

International Statistical Institute The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. At a meeting of the Jubilee Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, statisticians met and formed the agreed statues of the International Statistical ...

References

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