Background
Orrill, Robert Thomas was born on January 20, 1939 in Madison, Indiana, United States. Son of Edward Morris and Katherine (Erny) Orrill.
foundation executive historian
Orrill, Robert Thomas was born on January 20, 1939 in Madison, Indiana, United States. Son of Edward Morris and Katherine (Erny) Orrill.
Bachelor of Science in English, Purdue University, 1961. Bachelor, Master of Arts in Modern History, Oxford (England) University, 1864. Master of Arts in American Social-Intellectual History, University Wisconsin, 1968.
Teaching fellow department history University Wisconsin, Madison, 1967-1968. Professor department American studies Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1969-1975. Coordinator for humanities, senior academy associate State University of New York Empire State College, 1976-1978, assistant vice president for academy development, 1978-1982, chairman graduate council, chief administrator graduate program, 1982-1985.
Executive director Office Academy Affairs, College Board, New York City, 1985-1999. Professor education reform Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School Public and Internat Affairs, New Jersey, 2001—2002. Executive director National Council on Education and the Disciplines, Princeton, since 1999.
Senior advisor Foundation Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, since 1999. Advisor Alliance for Curriculum Reform, American Association Colleges and Universities, American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages, American Council Learned Societies, Association New American Colleges, City University of New York, Council on Basic Education, United States Military Academy, to State University of New York Faculty Task Force on Core Curriculum. Co-chairman policy task force Arts Education Partnership.
Organizer, facilitator summer institutes Coalition Essential Schools. Member advisory board Council Chief State School Officers, EXTEND, Learning Productivity Network, National Endowment of the Humanities, National Foreign Language Center. Director funded project National Assessment Governing Board.
External reviwer Fund for Improvement Postsecondary Education. Consultant to English chairs department National Council Teachers English. Evaluator National Council Teachers of Mathematics, New Press, National Science Foundation.
Writer Neighbors for Bucks County Preservation, Inc., Solebury, Pennsylvania.
Married Linda Berg, June 22, 1963 (divorced January 1994). Children: Andrea, Jeannie. Married Dorothy Schneirla Downie, September 8, 1999.