Agnes Berger

Agnes P. Berger (1916-2002) was a Hungarian-American mathematician who served as an associate professor of biostatistics at Columbia University's School of Public Health, as well as a statistical consultant at Mount Sinai. 
Early years.
Her first experiences with mathematics were thanks to the Hungarian publication Kömal (Kozepiskolai Matematikai Lapok), a monthly magazine for high school students that included math problems. 
During her studies at the University of Budapest, she was a student of the prominent Hungarian mathematician Lipót Fejér, whom she would remember years later for his short, detailed classes and dramatic endings. Her parents were friends with the parents of contemporary mathematician Peter Lax.
She earned her doctorate.
Career.
Berger collaborated with other statisticians such at Jerzy Neyman. She reviewed work of Joseph L. Fleiss, another statistical mathematician.
Family life and last years of life.
Agnes Berger married Laszlo Berger, with whom she had a son, John Joseph Berger. She died at age 85 at Lenox Hill Hospital on March 27, 2002. 