Lloyd N. Morrisett, PhD, served as President of The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation from 1969 to 1998, and initiated the Foundation's program in communications and information technology. Dr. Morrisett was Vice President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching before coming to Markle. More than three decades ago, he helped found the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), producers of Sesame Street and other educational television programs for children, and he continues to be Chairman Emeritus of the Workshop's Board of Trustees. Dr. Morrisett is a member of the Board of Trustees of the RAND Corporation, where he also served many years as a member of the Board of Directors and serverd as Board Chairman from 1986 to 1995. He was a trustee of Oberlin College and was Chairman of its Board from 1975 to 1981.

After leaving the Markle Foundation, Dr. Morrisett went on to be Director of WEBS Index Fund and the Infonautics Corporation. His broad interests in education, science, and technology led him to serve as advisor or trustee for such organizations as the Educational Testing Service, the System Development Corporation, Action for Children's Television (ACT), Harvard University's Office for Information Technology, the Center for Public Resources, and the Media Commentary Council. He has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychological Society.

Dr. Morrisett received his B.A. at Oberlin College, did graduate work in psychology at U.C.L.A., and earned his Ph.D. in experimental psychology at Yale University. He has received honorary degrees from Oberlin College, Northwestern University, and RAND.

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