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]
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 (aged 84) Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic[1] |
Early life
editBoyle 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]
Government Printing Office career
editIn 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]
Death
editBoyle 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d John J. Boyle, letter to Howard W. Cannon, reprinted in' United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration (1977). Nomination of John J. Boyle to be Public Printer: Hearings Before the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, October 19 and 26, 1977. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 2.
- ^ now the Government Publishing Office
- ^ a b "John J. Boyle Becomes the New Public Printer" (PDF). Insight. No. 25. U.S. Government Printing Office. September 1977. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "A Short History of GPO Part 2". Federal Library Deposit Program. U.S. Government printing Office. January 26, 2018. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "John Boyle, 84". Washington Post. January 1, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ a b "Government Printing Office Nomination of John J. Boyle To Be Public Printer". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. September 28, 1977. Retrieved September 3, 2021.