Background
Morrisett, Lloyd N. was born on November 2, 1929 in Oklahoma City. Son of Lloyd N. and Jessie Ruth (Watson) Morrisett.
Morrisett, Lloyd N. was born on November 2, 1929 in Oklahoma City. Son of Lloyd N. and Jessie Ruth (Watson) Morrisett.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1951; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Oberlin College, 1971; postgraduate, University of California, 1951-1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1956; honorary degree, Northwestern University, 1975; honorary degree, Research and Development Graduate School, 1995.
Instructor, University of California, 1956-1957;
assistant professor, University of California, 1957-1958;
staff member, Social Science Research Council, 1958-1959;
executive assistant, Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1959-1961;
executive associate, Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1961-1963;
executive associate and assistant to president, Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1963-1965;
vice president, Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1965-1969;
vice president, Carnegie Foundation for Advancement Teaching, 1965-1969;
president, Markle Foundation, 1969-1998;
retired, 1998. Trustee Sys. Development Foundation, 1970-1988. Trustee New York Rand Institute, 1969-1975, Chairman of the Board, 1972-1975.
Trustee Riverside Research Institute, 1971-1974, Research Triangle Institute, 1970-1979, Ednl. Testing Svc., 1983-1987. Trustee Oberlin College, 1972-1988, Chairman of the Board, 1975-1981.
Trustee Rand, 1973-1983, 85-95, 96-, Chairman of the Board, 1986-1995. Chairman of the board of trustees Children's television Workshop, since 1970. Board directors Infonautics Corporation, chairman, since 1998.
Member of advisory board Walt Whitman Center, Rutgers University, since 1993. Member board WEBS, since 1996, overseers DarmouthSch. Medicine, 1995-1998.
Member Council on Foreign Relations, since 1968. Member New York State Commission on Quality, Cost and Financing Elementary and Secondary Education, 1969-1972. Board directors Systems Development Corporation, 1966-1970.
Member visiting committee Office for Information Technology, Harvard, 1974-1980. Member American Council on Germany, 1975-1979. Board directors Haskins Laboratories, since 1976.
Member steering committee National Research Council, 1994-1995. Fellow American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Mary Frances Pierre, June 10, 1952. Children: Sarah, Julie.