Irene Montie


Irene Curran Montie was an American statistician in the US government service who became president of the Caucus for Women in Statistics.

Early life and education

Montie was born in Tannersville, New York; her parents, Michael Edward Curran and Catherine Keogh Curran, were of Irish descent. She earned two associate degrees, two bachelor's degrees, two master's degrees, and a Ph.D., which she completed in 1976 at Walden University. Her dissertation was Application of Change Theory for Alleviation of Prejudicial Barriers to Career Advancement for Women: A Study in Two Federal Agencies, and was supervised by Harry Kranz.

Career

Before joining the United States Census Bureau, Montie founded a childcare firm.
From 1969 to 1978 she was chief of the Sampling Procedures Branch of the Census Bureau.
In the early 1980s she was director of the Survey and Statistical Design Division in the Office of Energy Systems and Support, United States Department of Energy.
Afterwards, she also worked in the Office of Management and Budget.

Service

Montie became president of the Caucus for Women in Statistics for the 1979 term. She also served on the Information Resources Management Curriculum Advisory Committee of Graduate School USA.