American academic administrator (1869–1940)
William Aloysius Boylan
Born (1869-01-06 ) January 6, 1869New York City, US
Died July 8, 1940(1940-07-08) (aged 71) Alma mater Occupation President ofBrooklyn College Known for First President of Brooklyn College Successor Harry Gideonse
William Aloysius Boylan (January 6, 1869 – July 8, 1940) was the first President ofBrooklyn College .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Boylan was born inNew York City , to Arthur and Anne Boylan.[ 4] St. Francis Xavier College (B.A. and M.A.),New York University (Master of Pedagogy), andFordham University (Doctor of Philosophy ).[ 5]
In his career, he was District Superintendent of Schools (beginning in 1913) and Associate Superintendent of Schools, with theNew York City Board of Education (beginning in 1927).[ 6] [ 7] [ 5]
Jimmy Walker , the Mayor of New York City, appointed Boylan the first President ofBrooklyn College in May 1930.[ 6] [ 8] neuritis , and died on July 8, 1940, at 71 years of age.[ 9] [ 1] [ 10] [ 11] Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York.[ 12]
He wrote textbooks on reading, writing, and mathematics.[ 13] City Arithmetics , Charles E. Merrill Company (1916),Correct Spelling for Graded Schools , Laurel Book Company (1929), andGraded Drill Exercises in Corrective English , Noble and Noble, Incorporated (1939).[ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Boylan Hall, on the campus of Brooklyn College, was originally called the “Academic Building,” and was later named after Boylan.[ 17]
^a b "W.A. Boylan Dies; Ex-College Head; First President of Brooklyn College Succumbs to Long Illness at Age of 71; Educator for 40 Years Before Joining Higher System Was a District and Associate Superintendent of Schools" .The New York Times . 9 July 1940.^ Brooklyn College: Inauguration of Dr. William A. Boylan as the First President; First Commencement Exercises, Class of 1932, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Tuesday, June 21st, 1932, at 8 ^ Biskupic, Joan (2009).American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia 15 .ISBN 9780374532444 william boylan brooklyn college. ^ Presidents of American Colleges and Universities ^a b Brooklyn College (25 June 1932)."Press release announcing the inauguration of William Boylan as President of Brooklyn College 1932, 4 pages total" .Brooklyn College History . ^a b Picciano, Anthony G.; Jordan, Chet (2017).CUNY's First Fifty Years: Triumphs and Ordeals of a People's University ISBN 9781351982153 ^ Horowitz, Murray M. (1981).Brooklyn College, the first half-century ISBN 9780930888114 ^ Congress, United States (1950)."Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress" . U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books. ^ "Boylan's Leave Extended; Brooklyn College Head, Ill, to Be Away Until September" .The New York Times . 7 May 1938.^ Bulletin to the Schools ^ Inside Education – Google Books^ "Brooklyn College Presidents | BROOKLYN COLLEGE ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS" . 2015-10-20. Retrieved2024-09-23 .^ "Brooklyn College Presidents" . Brooklyn College Archives & Special Collections. 20 October 2015.^ William Aloysius Boylan and Floyd R. Smith (1916).City Arithmetics ISBN 1358478686 ^ William Aloysius Boylan and Albert Steele Taylor (1939).Graded Drill Exercises in Corrective English ^ William A. Boylan and Albert Steele Taylor (1929).Correct Spelling for Graded Schools ^ Sandy Mui (18 April 2018)."Brooklyn College's History Intersects with FDR's New Deal" .
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