Lenore Springer Bancroft b. 1908, d. 1981
As wife of Theodore A. Bancroft, first permanent director of the Statistical Laboratory at Iowa State from 1950 to 1972, she was very supportive of him and his vigorous efforts to shape the statistics program and the statistical center. She was born in Hartford City, Indiana and was a graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington. Prior to her marriage in December 1933, she taught in public schools in Indiana. Many faculty members and alumni, as well as their wives, remember Lenore Bancroft with affection and recall her kindness and the generous hospitality extended. She was responsible for the formation of Stat Wives, an organization which brought together wives of Statistics faculty and students as well as women faculty and students. 7/1/96 |
