A. Ross Eckler

For the centenarian researcher and A. Ross Eckler's son, see A. Ross Eckler, Jr.

A. Ross Eckler
12th Director of the United States Census Bureau
In office 1965 - 1969
President	Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by	Richard M. Scammon
Succeeded by	George Hay Brown
Personal details
Born	Albert Ross Eckler May 22, 1901 Van Hornesville, New York, US
Died	March 14, 1991(1991-03-14) (aged 89) Maryland, US
Known for	Deputy Director (1949–1965) and Director (1965–1969) of the United States Census Bureau, President of the American Statistical Association

Albert Ross Eckler (May 22, 1901 – March 14, 1991) served as Deputy Director of the United States Census Bureau from 1949 to 1965, and its Director from 1965 until 1969. He was the first career employee ever to become director of the agency.

Career

Eckler was born in Van Hornesville, New York in 1901 and lived on a farm until he attended Hamilton College. He then earned a master's degree and a PhD at Harvard University in 1934. Eckler joined the Census Bureau in 1939 as chief of economic statistics in the Population Division. He then became assistant chief of the Population Division and then the Special Surveys Division and chief social scientist. In 1949, he became Deputy Director and in 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him director. He worked as director until 1969 and later died in Maryland in 1991.

He authored The Bureau of the Census (ISBN 0-275-55370-1), and was president of the American Statistical Association. He is also the father of logologist and centenarian researcher A. Ross Eckler, Jr.

External links

• US Census Bureau oral history program interview
• Video that cites a paper by Eckler on Jotto