Background
Staats, Elmer Boyd was born on June 6, 1914 in Richfield, Kansas, United States. Son of Wesley F. and Maude (Goodall) Staats.
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Staats, Elmer Boyd was born on June 6, 1914 in Richfield, Kansas, United States. Son of Wesley F. and Maude (Goodall) Staats.
AB, McPherson College, Kansas, 1935. Doctor of Laws (honorary), McPherson College, Kansas, 1966. Master of Arts, University Kansas, 1936.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1939. Doctor in Public Service (honorary), George Washington University, 1971. Doctor in Administration (honorary), University South Dakota, 1973.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Duke University, 1975. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Nova University, 1976. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1981.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lycoming College, 1982. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Ohio State University, 1982.
Research assistant Kansas Legislation Council, 1936. Teaching assistant University Minnesota, 1936-1938. Staff Public Administration Service, Chicago, 1937-1938.
Staff member United States Bureau Budget, Executive Office President, 1939-1947, assistant to director, 1947, assistant director charge legislation reference, 1947-1949, executive assistant director, 1949-1950, deputy director, 1950-1953, 58-66. Comptroller general United States Washington, 1966-1981. President Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, 1981-1984, chairman, since 1984, now chairman emeritus.
Board directors research director Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, 1953. Executive director operations coordinator board, National Security Council, 1953-1958. Professorial lecturer public administration George Washington University, 1944-1949.
Member board visitors National Defense University, 1981-1990. Member visiting committee John F. Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, 1974-1980, Graduate School Management, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1976. Member Committee on Public Policy Studies University Chicago, since 1976.
Trustee National Institute Public Affairs, 1969-1977. Member Conference Board, 1966. Member director's advisory council Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1985-1994, emeritus member, since 1994.
Director Computer Data Systems, Inc., since 1981. Board advisors Alexander Proudfoot & Company, 1981-1985. Member public review board Arthur Andersen & Company, 1981-1991.
Board directors Air Products and Chemicals, 1981-1985, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1981-1985, National Intergroup Inc. (formerly National Steel Corporation), 1981-1986. Chairman congressional panel on social security organization, 1983-1984.
Member national commission on public service, 1987-1990. Member commission to review honor code of West Point United States Military Academy, 1988-1989. Member Government Accounting Standards Board, 1984-1990.
Chairman Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, 1991-1996.
Author: Personnel Standards in the Social Security Program, 1939. Contributor to: American Political Science Review.
God wants to see people productive, creative, useful, and supremely happy, within an environment of spiritual perfection, health, peace, and love.
When peaceful alternatives to resolve the conflict failed, the use of force may be the only option to check aggression or genocide.
A true Christian should help those in need, regardless of religious affiliation.
Staff, Public Administration Service, Chicago 1937-1938. Bureau of the Budget 1939-1947. Board of directors of several corpns.
Numerous public organisations including. Board of directors of American Academy, of Political and Social Science 1966, Board of Governors Institute Organization of Supreme Audit Instituts 1969-1981, Visiting Committee John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 1974-1980, Visiting Committee, Graduate School of Manager, University of Calif, at Los Angeles since 1976, Visiting Committee to the Committee in Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago since 1976. Board of Governors Institute Center on Election Law and Administration 1985-1987.
Board of Visitors, National Defense University since 1981. Society of Mfg. Engineers. Municipal Finance Officers Association of United States of America and Canada 1980.
Married Margaret S. Rich, September 14, 1940. Children: David Rich, Deborah Rich Staats Sanders, Catharine Rich Staats Taubman.