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Members of the National Commission

March 18, 1987 1 min read
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Daniel E. Griffiths, commission chairman and former dean of New York University’s School of Education.

Richard L. Andrews, professor of education at the University of Washington.

Roland Barth, co-director, The Principal’s Center at Harvard University.

Gov. Bill Clinton of Arkansas, chairman of the National Governors Association.

Alonzo Crim, superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools.

Luvern L. Cunningham, Novice G. Fawcett professor of educational administration at the Ohio State University.

William Dill, president of Babson College.

Robin Farquhar, president of the University of Winnipeg.

Barbara L. Jackson, professor of secondary education at Morgan State University.

Judith Lanier, dean of the college of education, Michigan State University.

Martha M. McCarthy, professor and director of the Consortium on Educational Policy Studies at Indiana University.

Eleanor McMahon, commissioner of higher education for Rhode Island.

Edna May Merson, president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

Richard D. Miller, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators.

Cecil Miskel, dean of the graduate school of education at the University of Utah.

Robert O’Reilly, president of the National Conference of Professors of Educational Administration.

Thomas Payzant, superintendent of the San Diego Public Schools.

Nathan Quinones, chancellor of the New York City Board of Education.

W. Ann Reynolds, chancellor of the California State University.

Richard A. Rossmiller, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

John C. Sawhill, managing director of McKinsey & Company.

Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers.

Thomas A. Shannon, executive director of the National School Boards Association.

Paula Silver, associate professor of administrative, higher, and continuing education at the University of Illinois.

Robert St. Clair, president of the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Max Weiner, dean of the school of education at Fordham University.

Donald J. Willower, professor of education at the Pennsylvania State University.

A version of this article appeared in the March 18, 1987 edition of Education Week as Members of the National Commission

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