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Frank J. Newman (February 24, 1927 – May 29, 2004) was a US education reformer and administrator who produced the Newman Reports, two ground-breaking reports on higher education in the United States that were published in 1971 and 1974. He served as the eighth President of the University of Rhode Island (1974–1983). After a period as a fellow for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, he co-founded Campus Compact in 1985. Newman was president for 14 years from 1985 to 1999 of the Education Commission of the States. He then founded the Futures Project at Brown University and taught there and at Teachers College, Columbia University. Following his death aged 77, education awards and fellowships were named in his honour. ==Early life and career== Frank J. Newman was born on February 24, 1927, in Orinda, California, USA, and grew up in Mamaroneck, New York.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=University of Rhode Island )〕〔 He was one of three children of Frank and Dorothy Newman. His undergraduate (BA) degree at Brown University was in Naval Science and Economics and he graduated in 1946. This was followed by a degree in electrical engineering, awarded from Brown in 1949.〔 After a period as an economics student at Oxford University in the UK, he returned to the USA and began work with the Honeywell Regulator Company that dealt in thermostat technology.〔〔 During this period, he studied for and obtained a Master of Science in Business Administration from Columbia University.〔〔 Newman married Lucile Fanning in 1951 and they had three sons: Kenneth, James, and Michael.〔 His wife would become a professor at Brown University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Brown University: Committee on Faculty Retirement )〕 From 1955 to 1965, Newman worked for Beckman Instruments.〔 Newman ran as a Republican on an antiwar platform in the 1966 United States House of Representatives elections, standing in California's 14th congressional district. He stood first in the special election held on 7 June 1966 following the death of Republican Representative John F. Baldwin, Jr., coming second to Democratic candidate Jerome R. Waldie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=JoinCalifornia )〕 Newman stood again in the general election held on 8 November 1966, and again came second to Waldie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=JoinCalifornia )〕 Following his failure to secure election, Newman spent seven years as the Director of University Relations at Stanford University (1967–1974).〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Newman (educator)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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