Background
Elliott, Lloyd Hartman was born on May 21, 1918 in Clay County, West Virginia, United States. Son of John and Belva (Stone) Elliott.
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Elliott, Lloyd Hartman was born on May 21, 1918 in Clay County, West Virginia, United States. Son of John and Belva (Stone) Elliott.
AB, Glenville State College, 1937. Master of Arts, West Virginia University, 1939. Doctor of Laws, West Virginia University, 1967.
Doctor of Education, University Colorado, 1948. Doctor of Laws, University New Hampshire, 1963. Doctor of Laws, Colby College, 1965.
Doctor of Laws, Concord College, 1966. Doctor of Laws, University Maine, 1969. Doctor of Laws, Husson College, 1970.
Doctor of Laws, Georgetown University, 1971. Doctor of Laws, West Virginia Institute of Technology, 1986. Doctor (honorary), Kansai University, Japan, 1986.
Doctor (honorary), American University, 1988.
He was also a professor of educational administration at Cornell University and President of the University of Maine. Elliott trained as a history teacher at Glenville State College and was principal of the Widen, West Virginia, school system from 1939 to 1942. He earned a master"s degree from the University of West Virginia.
He became superintendent of schools for Boulder, Colorado, in 1947.
University career
Elliott became a faculty member at Cornell University in 1948, becoming a professor of educational administration in 1951. On 1 July 1956 he became executive assistant to the President of the University.
In 1958 Elliott became President of the University of Maine, awarding President John F. Kennedy an honorary doctorate in October 1963. Elliott resigned in 1965 to become President of GWU, though some faculty members opposed his appointment.
He retired in July 1988.
His style was gentler than that of his successor Stephen Trachtenberg: a trustee at GWU said that "The conservative guy from West Virginia had been succeeded by the kid from Brooklyn,". Meanwhile some faculty posited that Elliott had done too little to recruit top faculty and students. The GWU"s School of International Affairs was renamed as the Elliott School of International Affairs in 1988 in his honor.
Business
Elliott served on the boards of American Security Bank, Bell Atlantic, National Geographic Society, Perpetual Building Association and Woodward & Lothrop, and he was included in the Washington Business Hall of Fame in 1990.
He was the first president of the National Geographic Society Education Foundation.
Member National Geography Society (trustee), American Council on Education (secretary 1967), Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa. Clubs: Cosmos.
Married Evelyn Elder, August 25, 1936. Children: Lloyd Gene, Patricia Annual.