Background
Ylvisaker, Paul Norman was born on November 28, 1921 in St. Paul. Son of Sigurd Christian and Norma M. (Norem) Ylvisaker.
foundation executive Political science educator
Ylvisaker, Paul Norman was born on November 28, 1921 in St. Paul. Son of Sigurd Christian and Norma M. (Norem) Ylvisaker.
Associate of Arts, Bethany Lutheran Junior College, 1940. Bachelor of Science, Mankato State University, 1942. Postgraduate, University Minn, 1943.
Master of Public Administration, Harvard College, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard College, 1948. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New York Medical College, 1967.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Jersey City State College, 1968. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Princeton, 1970. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Luther College, 1980.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rutgers University, 1981. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New England College, 1985. Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Peters College, New Jersey, 1968.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Bloomfield College, 1968. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Upsala College, 1969. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Swarthmore College, 1978.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Bryant College, 1982. Doctor of Laws (honorary), State University of New York-New Paltz, 1983.
Instructor, Bethany College, 1943-1944;
member of staff, Blue Earth County Council on Intergovtl. Rels., 1943-1946;
tutor, teaching fellow, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945-1947;
instructor, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948;
visiting professor, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968-1969;
professor, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1982;
dean Graduate School Education, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1982;
assistant professor, Swarthmore College, 1948-1953;
associate professor department political science, Swarthmore College, 1953-1955;
director inter-university case program, Swarthmore College, 1953-1954;
executive secretary to mayor, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1954-1955;
executive associate public affairs program, Ford Foundation, 1955-1958;
associate director, Ford Foundation, 1958-1959;
director, Ford Foundation, 1959-1967;
commissioner, New Jersey Department Community Affairs, 1967-1970. Visiting professor Woodrow Wilson Graduate School Princeton University, 1961-1962, 66-69, professor public affairs and urban planning, 1970-1972.
Visiting lecturer Yale University, 1970. Past consultant director Dayton-Hudson Corporation. Past senior consultant Council on Founds.
Member Hispanic Policy Development Project, United Nations Tec. Assistance Mission to Japan, 1960-1962, 64, United States Public Health Service Health Exchange Mission to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1964. Chairman President's Task Force on Cities, 1966-1967.
Deputy chairman task force on land use and urban growth Citizen's Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality, 1972-1973. Chairman task force on legalized gambling 20th Century Fund. Consultant Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs.
Chairman urban policy committee National Academy of Sciences, 1982-1985. Board directors Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Families United States of America Foundation, Jobs for the Future Inc., Bernard Van Leer Foundation, 1976-1986, Outward Bound. Member Massachusetts State Board Regents, 1984-1986.
Chairman Access, Families United States of America. Chairman Center Psychosocial Research, Association Governing Boards Future Issues Panel. Member National Academy Public Administration.
Married Barbara Edwards Ewing, September 7, 1946 (deceased 1991). Children: Jane Elizabeth, Mark Ewing, Peter Lauritz, David Christian.