Terrel H. Bell, Secretary of Education

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Terrel H. Bell was the U.S. Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan, known for his role in federal education policy and for commissioning the influential 1983 report "A Nation at Risk."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in education administration ⓘ
bachelor's degree in education ⓘ
master's degree in education administration ⓘ
appointedBy Ronald Reagan ⓘ
authorOf Reflections One Year After A Nation at Risk ⓘ
The Thirteenth Man: A Reagan Cabinet Memoir ⓘ
awardNamedAfter Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership ⓘ
causeOfDeath pulmonary fibrosis ⓘ
commissioned A Nation at Risk ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-11-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1996-06-22 ⓘ
educatedAt Southern Idaho College of Education ⓘ
University of Idaho ⓘ
University of Utah ⓘ
employer United States Department of Education ⓘ
endTime 1984-01-20 ⓘ
familyName Bell ⓘ
fieldOfWork education policy ⓘ
fullName Terrel Howard Bell ⓘ
linked to: Terrel Bell
givenName Terrel ⓘ
heldPosition Commissioner of Education (U.S. Office of Education) ⓘ
honoredBy Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
notableFor defending the continued existence of the U.S. Department of Education ⓘ
shaping early education policy in the Reagan administration ⓘ
notableWork A Nation at Risk ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation educator ⓘ
government official ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to: Salt Lake City
positionHeld United States Secretary of Education ⓘ
predecessor Shirley Hufstedler ⓘ
religion The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
residence Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to: Utah
spouse Betty Ruth Fitzgerald Bell ⓘ
startTime 1981-01-22 ⓘ
successor William J. Bennett ⓘ
workedAs school administrator ⓘ
school bus driver ⓘ
teacher ⓘ

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Grove City College v. Bell → hasRespondent → Terrel H. Bell, Secretary of Education ⓘ