Biography:Martha S. Hearron
Martha Sommerfeld Hearron | |
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Born | Martha L. Sommerfeld April 4, 1943 Highland Park, Illinois |
Died | November 29, 2014 | (aged 71)
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Occupation | Biostatistician |
Spouse(s) | Arthur E. Hearron Jr. |
Martha Sommerfeld Hearron (April 4, 1943 – November 29, 2014) was an American biostatistician who worked for over 30 years at Upjohn, becoming the first professional woman and the first female manager there.[1]
Martha L. Sommerfeld was born in Highland Park, Illinois.[1] She was part of the entering class of 1964 at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro)[2][3] but graduated in 1964, with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, from the University of Michigan.[4] She completed her education with a master's degree in public health in 1966, specializing in biostatistics, at the University of Michigan.[5] She married Arthur E. Hearron Jr.,[1][6] and joined Upjohn, where she would work for another 32 years.[1] She helped establish the Pharmaceutical Subsection of the American Statistical Association in 1968 (now the Biopharmaceutical Section), and was its chair in 1976.[7]
In 1988, Hearron was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[8]
Hearron held a lifelong interest in the fine and performing arts,[6] and sang soprano in the annual production of Handel's Messiah as part of the University Choral Union at the University of Michigan while she was a student there.[9] As a parting gift from her estate, she funded an endowed chair in fine arts at Western Michigan University, in the names of her and her husband.[6]
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Martha S. Hearron", Amstat News (American Statistical Association), April 1, 2015, http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2015/04/01/obituaries-for-april-2015/, retrieved 2017-11-29
- ↑ Pine Needles, Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, 1961, p. 95, https://archive.org/stream/pineneedlesseria1961nort#page/94/mode/2up
- ↑ 50th Reunion, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Class of 1964, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, https://alumnistories.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/64-Newsletter-January-2014-1.pdf, retrieved 2017-11-29
- ↑ Michiganensian, 1964, p. 207, https://books.google.com/books?id=1dbmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA207
- ↑ Michiganensian, 1966, p. 240, https://books.google.com/books?id=renhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PT240
- ↑ Jump up to: 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Marti Hearron's final gift to WMU establishes a fine arts professorship", WMU News (Western Michigan University), 10 February 2015, https://wmich.edu/news/2015/02/21654, retrieved 2017-11-29
- ↑ History, Biopharmaceutical Section of the American Statistical Association, http://community.amstat.org/biop/aboutus/history, retrieved 2017-11-29
- ↑ ASA Fellows list, American Statistical Association, http://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/ASA-Fellows-list.aspx, retrieved 2017-11-29
- ↑ Messiah (program), University Musical Society of the University of Michigan, December 3, 1965, http://media.aadl.org/documents/pdf/ums/programs_19651203e.pdf, retrieved 2017-11-29
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