Background
Kieffer, Jarold Alan was born on May 5, 1923 in Minneapolis. Son of Charles O. and Edith Ida (Feinberg) Kieffer.
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Kieffer, Jarold Alan was born on May 5, 1923 in Minneapolis. Son of Charles O. and Edith Ida (Feinberg) Kieffer.
Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1950.
Teaching assistant political science Department, University Minnesota, 1949;
teaching assistant social science program, University of Minnesota, 1950-1951;
research assistant, world affairs program, Minneapolis Star, 1949-1950;
executive secretary defense mobilization manpower committees, staff assistant to executive secretary, Office Defense Mobilization, Executive Office of President, 1951-1952;
staff secretary, Office Defense Mobilization, Executive Office of President, 1952;
assistant to Executive officer, executive secretary borrowing authority review board, Office Defense Mobilization, Executive Office of President, 1953;
special assistant to director, Office Defense Mobilization, Executive Office of President, 1955-1956;
acting deputy assistant director national security affairs, Office Defense Mobilization, Executive Office of President, 1956-1957;
consultant, Office Defense Mobilization, Executive Office of President, 1958;
executive assistant to director organization and personnel, executive secretary personnel advising committee, Atomic Energy Commission, 1952-1953;
assistant to Arthur S. Flemming, member, 2d Hoover Commission, 1953-1955;
chairman Herbert Hoover's liaison to, Task Force on Pers. and Civil Svc., 1953-1955;
assistant to chairman, President's Advisory Committee on Government Organisation, 1953-1961;
consultant, President's Advisory Committee on Government Organisation, 1958;
assistant to Meyer Kestenbaum, special assistant to, President for Hoover Commission and intergovernmental relations commission matters, TheWhite House, 1955-1956;
adviser to, Meyer Kestnbaum, 1956-1957;
assistant to, Nelson Rockefeller, 1957-1958. President, editor Kieffer Publs., since 1998. Consultant to secretary Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, 1958, assistant to secretary, 1958-1959, assistant to secretary for program analysis, 1959-1961.
Secretary board of trustees National Cultural Center, 1959-1963, executive director, 1961-1963. Renamed John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Associate professor.polit. science U., Oregon, 1963-1967, acting chairman political science department, 1964, assistant to president, 1963-1967.
Chairman public affairs and administration programs, professor public policy and administration Lila Acheson Wallace School Community Service and Public Affairs, 1967-1969. Chairman Interdisciplinary Masters Program on Public Affairs, 1965-1969. Director Macalester Foundation for Higher Education, 1969-1970.
Executive officer board of trustees Macalester College, 1970-1971, also Adjunct Professor political science, 1969-1971. Director Office International Training, Agency for International Development, State Department, 1971-1972, assistant administrator for population and humanitarian assistance, 1972-1975. Adjunct Professor international relations American U., Washington, 1975, staff director president' panel on biomedical research, 1975-1976.
Deputy commissioner social security United States Department Department of Health and Human Services, 1976-1977. Staff director Task Force on House Administrative Systems, Commission on Administrative Review, United States House Representatives, 1977. Director National Committee on Careers for Older Americans, Academy Educational Development, Inc., 1978-1980, staff director, 1981 White House Conference on Aging, 1980-1982.
Vice chairman Governor Planning Council Arts and Humanities, State of Oregon, 1965-1967. Chairman Project 70's Task Force on State Government Reorganization, Oregon Governor' General’ s Office, 1968-1969. Chairman task force on Strategic Perspectives on Aging, Fairfax, Virginia, 1986.
Consultant Office High Speed Ground Transportation, United States Department Transportation, 1971. Consultant United States Office Education, 1971. Officer, member executive committee Lane County Auditorium Association, Oregon, 1963-1969.
Executive committee United Way, Fairfax, 1985-1988. Board directors World Population Society, 1983-2002 president, 1990-1992. Board directors Fairfax Volunteer Action Center, 1967-1991, honorary board member, 1991-1993.
Member Governor's Job Training Coordination Council, Commonwealth Virginia, 1987-1994, chairman older worker and youth committee, 1989-1994, member executive committee, 1990-1994. Member, chairman transportation committee Fairfax Area Commission on Aging, 1991-1995, executive committee, 1993-1995. Board directors, secretary Northern Virginia Coalition of Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers, Inc., 1991-1994.
Member Fairfax Alliance for Human Services, since 1996, chairman, 2001-2004. Board directors,2005-2009, officer, member executive committee, 2007-2008, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, member executive committee 2007-2008, With Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Society for Public Administration (life), American Political Science Association, Advanced Transit Association (director 1976—2009, chairman 1983-1984, secretary-treasurer 1985-1995, chairman 1995-2000), Senior Employment Resources Inc.
(chairman 1985-2008,chairman emeritus, 2008, board directors, since 1984, editor Society for Epidemiologic Research Publications, 1989-1997), Kieffer Publications (president, editor 1998-2008).
Married Frances Clarfield, August 13, 1949. Children: Edith Charlotte, Charles Edward, Philip William.