William Boylan

William Aloysius Boylan
Born(1869-01-06)January 6, 1869
New York City, US
DiedJuly 8, 1940(1940-07-08) (aged 71)
Alma mater
OccupationPresident of Brooklyn College
Known forFirst President of Brooklyn College
SuccessorHarry Gideonse

William Aloysius Boylan (January 6, 1869 – July 8, 1940) was the first President of Brooklyn College.[1][2][3]

Career

Boylan was born in New York City, to Arthur and Anne Boylan.[4] He attended St. Francis Xavier College (B.A. and M.A.), New York University (Master of Pedagogy), and Fordham University (Doctor of Philosophy).[5]

In his career, he was District Superintendent of Schools (beginning in 1913) and Associate Superintendent of Schools, with the New York City Board of Education (beginning in 1927).[6][7][5]

Jimmy Walker, the Mayor of New York City, appointed Boylan the first President of Brooklyn College in May 1930.[6][8] Boylan resigned as President and retired in September 1938 due to illness, as he was suffering from neuritis, and died on July 8, 1940, at 71 years of age.[9][1][10][11] He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York.[12]

He wrote textbooks on reading, writing, and mathematics.[13] Boylan co-authored City Arithmetics, Charles E. Merrill Company (1916), Correct Spelling for Graded Schools, Laurel Book Company (1929), and Graded 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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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. 1932 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Biskupic, Joan (2009). American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 15. ISBN 9780374532444 – via Internet Archive. william boylan brooklyn college.
  4. ^ Presidents of American Colleges and Universities. Who's Who in American Education, Incorporated. 2019 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b Picciano, Anthony G.; Jordan, Chet (2017). CUNY's First Fifty Years: Triumphs and Ordeals of a People's University. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781351982153 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Horowitz, Murray M. (1981). Brooklyn College, the first half-century. Brooklyn College Press. ISBN 9780930888114 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Congress, United States (1950). "Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Boylan's Leave Extended; Brooklyn College Head, Ill, to Be Away Until September". The New York Times. 7 May 1938.
  10. ^ Bulletin to the Schools. University of the State of New York Press. 1938 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Inside Education – Google Books, Volumes 26-27, New York State Education Department, 1939.
  12. ^ "Brooklyn College Presidents | BROOKLYN COLLEGE ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS". 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  13. ^ "Brooklyn College Presidents". Brooklyn College Archives & Special Collections.
  14. ^ William Aloysius Boylan and Floyd R. Smith (1916). City Arithmetics, Charles E. Merrill Company, ISBN 1358478686.
  15. ^ William Aloysius Boylan and Albert Steele Taylor (1939). Graded Drill Exercises in Corrective English, Noble and Noble, Incorporated.
  16. ^ William A. Boylan and Albert Steele Taylor (1929). Correct Spelling for Graded Schools, Laurel Book Company.
  17. ^ Sandy Mui (18 April 2018). "Brooklyn College's History Intersects with FDR's New Deal".
Preceded by
 President of Brooklyn College
1932–1938 		Succeeded by