Background
Puryear, Jeffrey Merrill was born on March 20, 1943 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Oscar Donald and Lucille Anna (Battige) Puryear.
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Jeffrey Merrill Puryear
Edit ProfileCultural association administrator
Jeffrey Merrill Puryear, American Cultural association administrator. Foreign Area fellow Social Science Research Council, Bogota, Colombia, 1971-1972, unites states department Education fellow Chicago, 1969-1971. Member Latin American Studies Association, Comparative and International Education Society.
Education
Bachelor in Social Sciences, Michigan State University, 1965. Master of Arts in Sociology, Duke University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Education, University Chicago, 1974.
Career
Instructor, University of Chicago, 1972-1973;
program advisor, The Ford Foundation, Santiago, Chile, 1973-1978;
program advisor, The Ford Foundation, Lima, Peru, 1973-1978;
program officer, The Ford Foundation, New York City, 1979-1985;
representative, The Ford Foundation, Lima, 1985-1990;
visiting scholar, Stanford University, 1978-1979;
research scholar, New York University, 1990-1992;
program director, Inter-America Dialogue, Washington, since 1992. Author: Thinking Politics, 1994. Editor Education, Equity and Economics, 1995.
Contributor articles to professional publications.
Achievements
Membership
Member Latin American Studies Association, Comparative and International Education Society.
Connections
Married Myriam Waiser, December 17, 1994. 1 stepchild, Milena Flament.
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Born
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Nationality
American
Education
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1965
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1967
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1974
Career
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1972 - 1973
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1973 - 1978
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1973 - 1978
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1978 - 1979
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1985 - 1990
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1990 - 1992
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1992 - 2003