Ardoth A. Hassler earned a bachelor’s in mathematics from OSU, followed by a master’s in biostatistics from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Hassler began her career as a scientific programmer and during the next 45 years, she was a leader in computing and information technology in higher education. During her career, Hassler had broad responsibilities relating to academic computing, support for research, and user services; policy, planning and budget; information security; information systems; and headed and the Association for Computing Machinery, which she joined as an OSU student. She has over 75 presentations and publications, and served on the Boards of the InCommon Federation, Seminars in Academic Computing, and more. She also led and/or participated on committees for EDUCAUSE, Internet2, SAC, ACM SIGs, and the NSF Annual Cybersecurity Summit. In retirement, Hassler enjoys choral singing, quilting, volunteer work, traveling and hiking with her husband, James M. Short. She makes and donates several Quilts of Valor and Quilts for Kids annually. Hassler and her husband have one son, Kyle Hassler Short. ARDOTH A. HASSLER B.S. Mathematics ’72 institutional research. An Oklahoma City native, she worked at the OUHSC and the (now) University of Central Oklahoma. Hassler moved to Maryland in 1979 to serve as head of computing at the Catholic University of America. She moved to Georgetown University in 1995 and retired from there as associate vice president for University Information Services after 22 years. From 2007-2011, Hassler was on loan to the National Science Foundation as a senior IT advisor. Her work included establishing cybersecurity best practices for large research facilities. Hassler was a longtime member of the American Statistical Association CAS HALL OF FAME 26 CONNECT 2020
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