Background
Payne, Gerald Oliver was born on July 17, 1930 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Amos Oliver and Suzanne Louise (Goussery) Payne.
Payne, Gerald Oliver was born on July 17, 1930 in East St. Louis, Illinois, United States. Son of Amos Oliver and Suzanne Louise (Goussery) Payne.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1953; Bachelor of Music, U. Dubuque, Iowa, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1969.
Teacher public schools, Aspen, Colorado, 1959-1961; teacher public schools, Madison, 1961-1965; coordinator foreign languages, 1964-1969; assistant director curriculum, 1967-1969; associate professor education, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1969-1971; professor education, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1971-1986; department chairman curriculum and supervision, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1975-1978; coordinator certified advanced studies in administration and supervision, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1969-1975, 78-86; associate department chairman elementary education and reading, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1985-1986; department chairman education and psychology, Warren Wilson College, North Carolina, 1986-1990; chairman division social science and professional studies, Warren Wilson College, North Carolina, 1987-1990; teacher, Hendersonville (North Carolina) County Schools, Hendersonville, North Carolina, 1990-1996.
Chairman troop committee Greater Niagara Frontier county Boy Scouts American, Lewiston, New York, 1974-1976, scoutmaster, 1976-1979. Advisor Explorer Post, 1979-1983, Order of Arrow, 1978-1983. Elder 1st Presbyterian Church, Lewiston, 1978-1983, 1st Presbyterian Church, Hendersonville, North Carolina, 1991-1994.
Leader Stephen Ministries. Member National Education Association (life), Western New York Yale Alumni Association (member schools committee 1972-1983, director 1977-1983), National Middle School Association, Association for Supervision andCurriculum Development, Phi Delta Kappa (Executive Committee 1978-1981, secretary 1985-1986, president-elect 1986).
Married Nancy Louise Ecklund, August 8, 1959. Children: Paul Clifton, Christopher Amos, Scott Eric, Miriam Louise, Susan Jeannette.
