She completed her Ph.D. in 1969 at the University of Rochester; her dissertation, On Birth and Death Processes, was supervised by Johannes Kemperman. During graduate school and until her 1971 move to Towson, she was on the faculty at Goucher College.
She finished her Ph.D. in 1969 from the University of Rochester; her dissertation, On Birth and Death Processes, was overseen by Johannes Kemperman. She worked as a faculty member at Goucher College during graduate school and until she moved to Towson in 1971.