Miles Myers

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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1931}}

| birth_place = Newton, Kansas, United States

| death_date = December 15, {{Death year and age|2015|1931}}

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| occupation = writer and executive

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| education = University of California, Berkeley

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Miles Myers (1931–2015) was the leader of the Bay Area Writing Project and former Executive Director of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and director of the National Writing Project (NWP) in its early years. He was also a teacher union leader, serving as president of the California Federation of Teachers for five years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/4460|title=In Memory of Miles Myers - National Writing Project|website=www.nwp.org|language=en|access-date=2017-10-04}}{{cite journal|last1=Hull|first1=Glynda|title=A Conversation with Miles Myers|journal=Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy|date=1998|volume=42|issue=3|pages=178–183|url=http://www.hullresearchgroup.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/A-conversation-with-Miles-Myers.pdf}}{{Cite web |date=2015-12-16 |title=Miles Myers, 1931–2015 |url=https://www.cft.org/article/miles-myers-1931-2015 |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=CFT – A Union of Educators and Classified Professionals |language=en}}

Early years

Myers was born in Newton, Kansas in 1931. In the 1940s he moved with his family to Pomona, California, and graduated from Pomona High School in 1949. During the Korean War Myers served in Germany.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=miles-myers&pid=176988976|title=Miles Myers's Obituary on San Francisco Chronicle|website=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=2017-10-04}}

Education

Myers earned a bachelor's degree, two master's degrees and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

Career

He began writing at a young age. In high school he was an editor of the school newspaper and published stories about his personal travels in the Pomona Progress Bulletin. He taught English in the Oakland Public School system for 17 years, beginning at Washington Union High School in Fremont, California.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iscaonline.org/ISCA/iscasitepublic/miles.php|title=The Institute for Standards, Curricula and Assessments|website=www.iscaonline.org|access-date=2017-10-04}} He was a co-founder of the Bay Area Writing Project. After serving for many years as senior vice-president of the California Federation of Teachers, he then served for five years (1985-1990) as president.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-16 |title=Miles Myers, 1931–2015 |url=https://www.cft.org/article/miles-myers-1931-2015 |access-date=2024-12-29 |website=CFT – A Union of Educators and Classified Professionals |language=en}} He spent seven years as the Executive Director of the National Council of Teachers of English. He was the Chairman of the Curriculum Study Commission of Northern California, and worked as a consultant for the Institute for Research on Teaching and Learning.

Boards and commissions

He served for 40 years as the Chairman of the Board of Alpha Plus Corporation; 30 years on the CCCTE's Curriculum Study Commission. He was Chair of the Research Foundation of the NCTE and served five years on the Board of the BASRC (Bay Area School Reform School in Fremont, California.

Personal life and death

Myers died at the age of 84 on December 15, 2015, from complications of heart disease. He was married to Celeste for 59 years, and had three children, Royce, Brant and Roz. He had three sisters, Jean McClard, Joan Hope Cecil and Patty Gatlin Dennis.

References

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