Background
Boozer, Howard Rai was born on August 14, 1923 in Monterey, Kentucky, United States. Son of Claud D. and Harriet Ruth (Foster) Boozer.
Boozer, Howard Rai was born on August 14, 1923 in Monterey, Kentucky, United States. Son of Claud D. and Harriet Ruth (Foster) Boozer.
Diploma, Cumberland College, Kentucky, 1942. AB, Howard College, 1946. Bachelor of Science, Washington University, St. Louis, 1948.
Master of Education, Washington University, St. Louis, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1960. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Baptist College at Charleston, South Carolina, 1976.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Lander College, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Cumberland College, 1990.
Assistant personnel director, Mall Tool Company, Chicago, 1946-1947;
teacher high school, Webster Groves, Missouri, 1949-1951;
staff associate, American Council Education, Washington, 1954-1961;
acting director, Washington International Center, 1957-1958;
assistant director, North Carolina Board Higher Education, Raleigh, 1961-1965;
director, North Carolina Board Higher Education, Raleigh, 1965-1968;
vice president, Regional Education Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina, 1968-1970;
director, Ednl. Development Administration Radio Corporation of America Corporation, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 1970-1973;
executive director, South Carolina. Commision on Higher Education, Columbia, 1973-1986.
Adjunct Professor education Duke U., 1968-1970. Member review panel for construction of nurse training facilities United States Public Health Service, 1965-1969.
Trustee Meredith College, 1963-1966, Wingate College, 1967-1970. Board directors Learning Institute North Carolina, 1965-1968, National League Nursing, 1973-1977. South Carolina delegate Education Commission of States, 1974-1979.
President North Carolina League of Nursing, 1969-1970. Member Southern Regional Education Board, 1974-1986. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, 51-54, retired captain.
Member American Association Higher Education, Golden K Kiwanis.
Son of Claud D. and Harriet Ruth (Foster) B. M. Frances Aileen Kintner, August 23, 1946. Children: Claudia, Margaret, Catherine, Barbara.