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Ida Merriam Dies at 92; Social Security Official
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The Washington Post
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April 9, 1997
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Copyright informationCopyright 1997 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information)
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Ida Craven Merriam, 92, a retired assistant commissioner for
research and statistics of the Social Security Administration, died
of pneumonia April 8 at Prince George's Hospital Center. She lived
in Mitchellville.
Dr. Merriam, a Philadelphia native, lived in Washington from
1936 until entering the Collington Episcopal Life Care Center in
Mitchellville three years ago.
She began working in Social Security in 1936, when she joined
what became the Social Security Administration's research and
statistics bureau. She rose to become head of the bureau's division
of coordination studies, then became assistant director of the
research and statistics bureau in 1947.
Dr. Merriam became ...
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