A thank-you letter, 1963; a Christmas card with a long note, 1970; and a letter, 1971, from Gertrude Cox to Julie McVay. The Christmas card included a report on Cox's activities from December 1969 to November 1970, including trips to Egypt, Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, and across the United States. It also expressed her ...
MoreA thank-you letter, 1963; a Christmas card with a long note, 1970; and a letter, 1971, from Gertrude Cox to Julie McVay. The Christmas card included a report on Cox's activities from December 1969 to November 1970, including trips to Egypt, Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, and across the United States. It also expressed her appreciation for N.C. State University's celebration of Gertrude Cox Day and the dedication of Cox Hall, which was named for her. The card was written on the eve of Cox's departure for Bangkok, where she planned to stay for six months. The letter, 3 February 1971, was written from Bangkok and reported on Cox's three months of giving seminars for Animal Science staff, consulting with Rice Institute staff, and working with the medical school at Mahidol University. It ended with a personal note expressing concern for a mutual friend. Gertrude Mary Cox (1900-1978) served as head of the Statistics Department at North Carolina State College from 1940 to 1949. She played an important role in founding the Research Triangle Institute in 1959 and held the position of Director, Statistics Research Division, at the Institute from 1959 until 1964. In 1949 Cox became the first woman elected into the International Statistical Institute. In 1956 she was elected President of the American Statistical Association and in 1975 she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Julie McVay was a mathematics instructor and then faculty member in counseling education at North Carolina State University. McVay's husband Francis E. McVay taught statistics at NC State and was a protégé of Gertrude Cox.
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