Background
Boyer, Ernest Leroy was born on September 13, 1928 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Clarence and Ethel (French) Boyer.
Boyer, Ernest Leroy was born on September 13, 1928 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Clarence and Ethel (French) Boyer.
AB, Greenville College, 1950. Master of Arts, University Southern California, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University Southern California, 1957.
Postdoctoral, University Iowa Hospital, 1959. Over 130 honorary degrees including, Fordham University, U Rochester, Hamilton College, College William and Mary., Yeshiva University, University Missouri, Michigan State University, Earlham College, Miami University.
, City University of New York, Haverford College, De Paul University, Mount Union College, University Portland., University Utah, Williams College.
Former member of faculty, Upland (California) College
academic dean, professor speech pathology, Upland (California) College, 1956-1960;
teaching assistant, University of Southern California, 1950-1955;
assistant professor, director forensics, Loyola University, Los Angeles, 1955-1956;
director commission to improve education teachers, Western College Association, 1960-1962;
director, Center Coordinated Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1962-1965;
executive dean university-wide activities, State University of New York, 1965-1968;
vice chancellor, State University of New York, 1968-1970;
chancellor, State University of New York, 1970-1977;
United States commissioner of education, 1977-1979;
president, Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, New Jersey, since 1979;
senior fellow, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1983-1990;
columnist higher education supplement, London Times, 1983-1992. Scholar-in-residence Aspen Institute Humanistic Studies, 1974-1976. Visiting fellow Wolfson College Cambridge (England) University, 1976.
Member Executive Committee National Advisory Board of The Center for the Book, Library of Congress, since 1980. Member National Commission Financing of Postsecondary Education, 1972-1973, Commision on CriticalChoices for Americans, 1973-1974, Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, 1974-1977, Presidential Committee on Education Women, 1975, President's Advisory Council on Women's Ednl. Programs, 1975-1977, Cities in Schools, Inc., Council Finance Aid to Education.
Chairman of the Board American College Testing. Board directors American Council for the Arts, Council for Aid to Education, EDUCATION 1st], National Alliance Business. Board directors Committee Economics Development, Aspen Institute, Princeton Child Development Institute.
Chair advisory group National Education Goals Panel. Member of national advising committee Children's Initiative of Pew Foundation.
Board managers Haverford College, since 1980. Member National Advisory Committee on the Arts, Council on Foreign Relations. Trustee Messiah College, Guilford College, University Pennsylvania Medical Center, Very Special Arts with the Kennedy Center, since 1980.
Chair Department State Overseas Schools-Advisory Council, since 1989, Museum American Indian, National Arts Education, National Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Sciences, New Jersey Literacy in Arts Task Force. Board directors Lincoln Center Institute for Arts in Education, Lincoln Center Performing Arts, American Council Arts, New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy Education (chair advisory group, national education goals panel), International Council Educational Development (board directors, member executive committee since 1980), National Association State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (president 1974-1975), International Higher Education Academy of Sciences, Society Friends, Pi Kappa Delta, Alpha Kappa Sigma, Kappa Delta Pi, New York University Club.
Married Kathryn Tyson, August 26, 1950. Children: Ernest LeRoy, Beverly, Craig, Stephen.