John Boyle | |
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19th Public Printer of the United States | |
In office November 1, 1977 – February 29, 1980 | |
President |
Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Thomas F. McCormick |
Succeeded by | Danford L. Sawyer, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | John Joseph Boyle January 19, 1919 Honesdale, Pennsylvania |
Died | December 29, 2003 Silver Spring, Maryland | (aged 84)
Political party | Democratic [1] |
John Joseph Boyle was the 19th Public Printer of the United States, the head of the U.S. Government Printing Office [2] (GPO), which produces and distributes information products for all branches of the U.S. Government. [3]
Boyle was born January 19, 1919, in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. [1] He graduated from Hawley High School in Hawley, Pennsylvania, in 1936; he did not obtain a college degree. [1] After high school, he worked in a print shop and for a local weekly newspaper. [4] He joined the United States Army during World War II, serving in the First Armored Division. [4] He served in the North African campaign, where he was captured by spending two and a half years in German prison camps. [4] After the end of the war, he resumed his printing career, working for the O'Brana Press and the Scranton Tribune in Scranton in 1945, and then in a large printing plant for the publisher Haddon Craftsmen from 1945 to 1952. [4] [1]
In 1952, Public Printer Thomas F. McCormick hired Boyle to work in the Government Printing Office as a proofreader. [4] He rose through the ranks, becoming deputy production manager for electronics and then production manager, [5] and establishing the GPO's Electronic Photocomposition Division. [3] In 1973, he was named Deputy Public Printer, the GPO's number-two position. [6]
Upon McCormick's resignation, President Jimmy Carter nominated Boyle to be Public Printer of the United States. [6] Boyle was confirmed by the Senate on October 27, and sworn in on November 1. [4] He was the first Public Printer to rise through the ranks of agency craftsmen. [5]
Boyle's term as Public Printer was marked by an acceleration of the GPO's computerization and electronic publication, and movement from manual metal typesetting to photocomposition. [4] During his term, most congressional committee hearing proceedings were photocomposed, and all congressional bill printing had been converted to being electronically processed. [4]
Boyle retired from the GPO February 29, 1980. [4]
Boyle died from a stroke on December 29, 2003, at the Holy Cross Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. [5] He was 84 years old. [5]