Lotka, Alfred James
Mathematician actuary. Born in Lwow, Poland, Mar. 2, 1880. Received B.S. degree from Birmingham University in England 1901; M.A. from Cornell University in 1909 and D.Sc. from Cornell in 1912. Postgraduate stridies at University of Leipzig, Germany, John Hopkins 1922-1924. Assistant Chemist Gen. Chem. Co. 1902-1908; Assistant in Physics, Cornell University 1908 1909; Examiner U.S. Patent Office 1909; Assistant physicist U.S. Bureau of Standards, 1909-1900 [?]; editor Scientific American Supplement 1911 1914; chemist Gen. Chem. Co. 1914-1919; supervisor mathematical research, Statistical Bureau of Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 1924-1933; general supervisor since 1933. Fellow of American Statistical Ass'n; A.A.A.S., Royal Economic Society, Population Ass'n of Americe; Econometric Society. Member of International Union for Scientific Investigation of Population Problems, American Mathematical Society, Physical Society, Ecol Society of America, Am. Public Health Ass'n, Am. Economic Ass'n, Swiss Actuarial Society, Washington Academy of Science, Sigma Xi. Author of: Elements of Physical Biology, 1925; The Money Value of a Man, 1930 also contributed articles to numerous scientific and technical journals on mathematical analysis of population, mathematical theory of evolution, actuarial mathematics, applied problems of population and of industrial replacement. Office: 1 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943