Victor McGee, professor emeritus of applied statistics at the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, died peacefully Oct. 6, 2013, at home. He was 77.
Born in South Africa, McGee earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and geography at the University of Natal in 1956. At Cambridge (England), he received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geodesy. In 1959, he came to Princeton and earned a Ph.D. in psychology in 1962. From 1962 to 1969, he was an assistant and then associate professor of psychology at Dartmouth.
In 1969 he joined Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business as an associate professor of applied statistics, becoming a full professor in 1972. A pioneer in the college’s technological development, he worked with Dartmouth president John G. Kemeny ’46 *49 in the early days of BASIC computer programming. His Dartmouth manual, The Multivariate Package of BASIC Programs (three editions), was used by generations of students.
McGee’s publications included books on statistics, forecasting, and college endowments. Following his 1999 retirement, he volunteered as a teacher of math and computer programming at two local schools.
McGee is survived by his wife, Marie, whom he married in 1962; three children; and three grandchildren.
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