Background
Minear, Leon Pierson was born on March 20, 1915 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Joseph H. and Monnie M. (Guin) Minear.
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Leon Pierson Minear
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Bachelor of Arts cum laude, San Francisco State College, 1938; Master of Arts, San Francisco State College, 1941; Doctor of Education, Stanford, 1947.
Career
Teacher elementary, junior and senior high schools, Oakland, California, 1938-1942; demonstration teacher, University of California, summers 1940-1942; vice principal secondary demonstration summer school, University of California, 1946; flight radio officer, Pan American World Airways, 1942-1943; senior communications representative, Pan American World Airways, South Pacific, 1944; assistant superintendent training, Pan American World Airways, 1944; superintendent training, Pan American World Airways, 1945-1946; vice principal, Carmel High School, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 1946-1947; assistant to dean, Denver Junior College, 1947-1949; assistant professor education, U. Denver, 1947-1949; director summer sessions, U. Denver, 1949; president, Stockton (California) Junior College, 1949-1952; principal, Benson Polytechnic School, 1952-1961; educational advisor to President Lyndon Johnson, 1957-1961; superintendent public instruction Oregon, Salem, 1961-1968; director vocational technical education, United States Office Education, 1968-1971; United States regional commander education, United States Office Education, Denver, 1971-1978; director cooperative activities, Education communications of States and United States Office Education, 1978-1980; executive director, Institute for Public Affairs Research, Inc., 1980-1981; director, Urban Education 2000, 1981-1982; director public affairs, Oregon Industries, 1982-1983. National coordinator Bicentennial Conference Series for Education, 1975-1976.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the United States Armed Forces Advisory Committee, 1959-1960, President's White House Committee on Aging, 1960, President's Committee on Vocational Education, 1960, White House Conference on Education, 1965, Governor's Committee on Children and Youth, 1961-1968, Governor's Committee Natural Resources, 1961-1968, Governor's Higher Ednl. Coordinating Council, 1961-1968 (chairman 1961, 63, 65), Governor's Cabinet Human Relations, 1961-1968, Governor's Traffic Safety Committee, 1961-1963. Director Ford Foundation Study for Oregon Ednl.
Improvement, 1962-1966, United States Office Education Study for National System of Regional Research Centers, 1962-1963. Research consultant United States Office Education, 1962-1968. Adviser to the United States commissioner education, 1964-1968, Carnegie Foundation Study Federal-State Relations in Education, 1965, Harvard-Lexington School Project, Harvard, 1965-1967.
Member of advisory committee Stanford School Education, 1966-1968, National Industrial Conference Board, 1968-1970. Steering committee Education communications of States, 1960-1968. Chairman E.C.S. Vocational-Technology Task Force, 1966-1968.
Consultant unites states department State, 1967, Liberia, 1967, P.R., 1967, education consultant Arizona Legislature, 1981. Consultant Federal Republic Germany, 1963, various state goverments universities. Conductor Monterey Regional Symphony, 1946-1947, Denver Community Symphony, 1947.
Member Denver Symphony Board, 1977-1978, Centennial Symphony Board, 1985-1986. Advisory Denver Center for Performing Arts, 1972-1978. Chairman of the Board Y.A.O. Symphony, 1978-1981.
Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Denver Businessmen's Association (president 1947-1949), National Education Association, American Association School Adminstrs., Oregon Education Association, Chamber of Commerce (education committee), Brico Symphony Society (president 1972-1974), Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Sigma Alpha Eta.
Connections
Married Dolores F. Goetzee, August 20,1939. 1 son, Roger Leon.
