Joanne Elliott ’47

Joanne Elliott ’47, of Princeton, N.J.; Mar. 5. She was professor of mathematics at Rutgers University from 1965 until her retirement in 1991. During her tenure, she supervised five PhD theses. Previously, she taught at Mount Holyoke College, where she wrote the 1956 paper “Stochastic Processes Connected with Harmonic Functions.” She also taught at Barnard College and Columbia University. She supported the arts and enjoyed birdwatching. After retiring from Rutgers, she volunteered for many years interpreting mathematical texts at Reading for the Blind (now Learning Ally). She is survived by a niece and a cousin.