Lloyd Hartman Elliott

Lloyd Hartman Elliott ( – ) was President of the George Washington University from 1965 to 1988. He was born in Crosby, Clay County, West Virginia in 1918. He was also a professor of educational administration at Cornell University and President of the University of Maine.

Career Elliott got his training as a history teacher at Glenville State College and was principal of the Widen, West Virginia, school system from 1939 to 1942. and earned a PhD in educational administration at the University of Colorado. awarding President John F. Kennedy an honorary doctorate in October 1963. Elliott resigned in 1965 to become President of GWU, though some faculty members opposed his appointment. He retired in July 1988. His style was gentler than that of his successor Stephen Trachtenberg: a trustee at GWU said that "The conservative guy from West Virginia had been succeeded by the kid from Brooklyn,". and he was included in the Washington Business Hall of Fame in 1990.

Personal life Elliott was raised in Clay County, West Virginia, where his father was a schoolteacher and ran a farm. Elliott's wife Evelyn, known as Betty, died in the year 2009 aged 91. Together they had two children (Patricia and Gene), two grandchildren ( Ryan and Bevan), and eleven great-grandchildren. He died on January 1, 2013, according to a memo released by the former President of GWU, Steven Knapp, to the entire GWU community.