Barbara Ann Olin Taylor

Background

Taylor, Barbara Ann Olin was born on February 8, 1933 in St. Louis. Daughter of Spencer Truman and Ann Amelia (Whitney) Olin.

Education

AB, Smith College, 1954. Master of Business Administration, Northwestern University, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1984.

Doctor of Humane Letters, University New Haven, 1995.

Career

Member faculty Hamden (Connecticut) Hall Country Day School, 1972-1974. Consultant Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., Chicago, 1979. Program associate Northwestern University, Evanston, 1982.

Co-founder, executive director National Center Effective Schools Research and Development, Okemos, Michigan, 1986-1989, research associate, 1987. Chairman National Center for Effective Schools Resource and Development Foundation, 2002—2003. Consultant on effective schools research and reform National Center Effective Schools Research and Development University Wisconsin, Madison, 1990-1996.

President Excelsior! Foundation, Chicago, since 1994. Member executive committee Hudson Institute New American Schools Development Corporation Design Team, 1990—1994. Danforth Distinguished lecturer University Nebraska, Omaha, 1993.

Achievements

• Barbara Ann Olin Taylor has been listed as a notable writer, educational consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Revolution Revisited: Effective Schools & Systemic Reform

    (A basic tenet of the Effective Schools movement is that a...)

  • Keepers of the Dream: The Triumph of Effective Schools

    (Book by Bullard, Pamela, Taylor, Barbara O.)

  • Making School Reform Happen
  • Making School Reform Happen by Pamela Bullard (1992-09-03)
  • Making School Reform Happen
  • Keepers of the Dream: The Triumph of Effective Schools by Bullard Pamela Taylor Barbara O. (1999-06-01) Hardcover

Membership

Co-chair Coalition Housing and Human Resources, Hartford-New Haven, 1970—1973. Co-chair steering committee Day Care Connecticut, Hartford, 1971—1973. Trustee University New Haven, 1961—1971, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1984—1990, Choate Rosemary Hall School, 1973—1978, Lake Forest College, since 1996, Hudson Institute, 1989—1997, Northwestern University, 1998—2002.

President Junior League New Haven, 1967—1969, National Conference of Christians and Jews, New Haven, 1971—1973. Member of Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, National Staff Development Council, National Commission Citizens Education (board directors 1980-1986), Phi Delta Kappa (International award Outstanding Service 2000).

Connections

Married F. Morgan Taylor Junior, April 5, 1954. Children: Spencer O., James W., John F., Frederick Morgan.

Father:

Spencer Truman Olin

Mother:

Ann Amelia (Whitney) Olin

Spouse:

F. Morgan Taylor Junior

child:

Frederick Morgan Taylor

child:

John F. Taylor

child:

James W. Taylor

child:

Spencer O. Taylor