Ernest L. Boyer

Ernest Boyer
United States Commissioner of Education
In office
March 31, 1977 – June 30, 1979
PresidentJimmy Carter
Preceded byEdward Aguirre
Succeeded byWilliam Smith
Personal details
Born
Ernest LeRoy Boyer

(1928-09-13)September 13, 1928
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
DiedDecember 8, 1995(1995-12-08) (aged 67)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
EducationMessiah College
Greenville College (BA)
Ohio State University
University of Southern California (MA, PhD)

Ernest LeRoy Boyer (September 13, 1928 – December 8, 1995)[1] was an American educator who most notably served as Chancellor of the State University of New York, United States Commissioner of Education, and President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[2] Boyer was recipient of numerous awards, including over 140 honorary doctorates.

  1. ^ William H. Honan (9 December 1995). "Ernest Boyer, National Leader In Education, Dies at 67". New York Times. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  2. ^ Gale Group (2003), "Ernest Boyer", in Guthrie, James W. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Education (2 ed.), New York, New York: Macmillan Reference, OCLC 55976558