Mahbanoo Tata, 81, of Kerman, Iran
Mahbanoo Tata passed away on August 6, 2023, at Arjomand Hospital, Kerman, Iran. Mahbanoo was born on April 26, 1942, in Bombay, India. At home, Mahbanoo graduated from Providence College in 1964 and then served in the Peace Corps in Bhopal, India, where she was a teacher of mathematics and English. Mahbanoo continued her studies at Purdue University (USA), where she got her Ph.D. degree in statistics in 1967.
She was of Parsis who migrated from Iran to India several centuries ago and kept their Zoroastrian tradition to the present day; this was one of her motivations to choose Iran as her second nationality at age 30 (1972) after working for 5 years in the United States following the completion of her Ph.D. program.
Her funeral ceremony was farewelled by a large number of friends, colleagues, and former students who benefitted from her charming friendship, sincere cooperation, and free consultation to almost the last year of her life.
Several celebrations of her life were held at 1) Kerman’s Fire Temple, 2) the Administrative Hall of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, and 3) the Iranian Statistical Society Head Office in Tehran.