William Aloysius Boylan (January 6, 1869 – July 8, 1940) was the first President of

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall ...

Career

Boylan was born in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

, to Arthur and Anne Boylan. He attended St. Francis Xavier College (B.A. and M.A.),

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

(Master of Pedagogy), and

Fordham University Fordham University is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit research university in New York City, United States. Established in 1841, it is named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx in which its origina ...

(

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of Postgraduate education, graduate study and original resear ...

). 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 The Panel for Educational Policy of the Department of Education of the City School District of the City of New York, abbreviated as the Panel for Educational Policy and also known as the New York City Board of Education, is the governing body of ...

(beginning in 1927).

Jimmy Walker James John Walker (June 19, 1881November 18, 1946), known colloquially as Jimmy Walker and Beau James, was an American attorney, lyricist, and Democratic Party politician who served as the 97th mayor of New York City from 1926 until his resign ...

, the Mayor of New York City, appointed Boylan the first President of

in May 1930. Boylan resigned as President and retired in September 1938 due to illness, as he was suffering from

neuritis Neuritis (), from the Greek ), is inflammation of a nerve or the general inflammation of the peripheral nervous system. Inflammation, and frequently concomitant demyelination, cause impaired transmission of neural signals and leads to aberrant ne ...

, and died on July 8, 1940, at 71 years of age. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Queens, New York. He wrote textbooks on reading, writing, and mathematics. 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). Boylan Hall, on the campus of Brooklyn College, was originally called the “Academic Building,” and was later named after Boylan.

References

External links

*William A. Boylan
"A New Brooklyn College Is Rising,"
''The New York Times'', December 8, 1935 {{DEFAULTSORT:Boylan, William 1869 births Xavier High School (New York City) alumni New York University alumni Fordham University alumni Academics from New York City School superintendents in New York (state) Presidents of Brooklyn College 1940 deaths New York City Department of Education