Background
Heslop, Alan was born on February 12, 1938 in Westcliffe-on-Sea, England. Came to the United States, 1962. Son of Robert and Marjorie (Pickersgill) Heslop.
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Heslop, Alan was born on February 12, 1938 in Westcliffe-on-Sea, England. Came to the United States, 1962. Son of Robert and Marjorie (Pickersgill) Heslop.
Student, University College School, Hampstead, England. Bachelor, Magdalen College Oxford University, England, 1961. Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1964.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1968.
Heslop taught for four decades at Claremont McKenna College, where he served as Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculty, and was the founding director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government. His current academic appointment is as a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate University. Heslop held senior staff and consulting positions in the California Legislature, and served as research director for a number of California statewide and local initiatives.
He was a Congressional Fellow and a consultant to the Committee on Administration in the United States. House of Representatives.
Heslop served on several advisory commissions, including the California Constitution Revision Commission (1994-1997). In 1985 he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be the Chairman of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement and was reappointed to that position by President George H. West. Bush in 1989.
He has been a consultant on education and other subjects to many organizations in the United States. and abroad.
Chairman National Council Educational Research, Washington, since 1985. Executive director Cal Plan, 1972, California Representatives, 1972-1973. Co-chairman Scholars for Reagan-Bush, 1984.
Served with Royal Air Force, 1956-1958. Member American Academy Political and Social Science, American Political Science Association, John Brown Cook Association for Freedom (vice president), Winston Churchill Association (vice president).
Married Myra Beatrice Davies, August 6, 1963. Children: Jessica, Alexandra, Victoria.