Background
Mills, Richard Paul was born on November 28, 1944 in Paris.
school system administrator state official
Mills, Richard Paul was born on November 28, 1944 in Paris.
Bachelor with honors, Middlebury College, 1966. Master of Arts in American History, Columbia University, 1967. Master of Business Administration, Columbia University, 1975.
Doctor of Education, Columbia University, 1977.
Teacher history Dalton School, New York City, 1967—1971. Creator with others Elizabeth Seeger School, 1971—1973. Planning associate New Jersey Department of Education, 1975-1978, director policy analysis, 1978-1980, deputy assistant commissioner, 1980-1982, special assistant to the commissioner, 1982-1984.
Special assistant to Governor Thomas H. Kean State of New Jersey, 1984-1988. Commissioner of education State of Vermont, 1988-1995, State of New York, 1995—2009. President University of the State of New York, 1995—2009.
Adjunct assistan professor Columbia University Teachers College, 1977. Adjunct associate professor Rider College, New Jersey, 1979. Consultant task force to oversee fiscal reform in Newark, 1975.
Teacher The Dalton School, New York City, 1967-1971, Elizabeth Seeger School, New York City, 1971-1973. Member Carnegie Task Force on Learning in the Primary Grades. Chair management group National Alliance for Restructuring Education.
Board New Standards Project. Member board National Center on Education and the Economy.
United States representative to standing committee European Ministers of Education, 1987.
Married Judith Mills.