About This Biography

TEACHER WITH A MASTER PLAN
An Intimate Portrait of Roy E. Simpson, California Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1945-1963

By Andrea L. Simpson

​Limited Edition, 2021. Now out of print.
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​This biography is based on his unfinished autobiography, letters, speeches, writings, Simpson family archives and interviews, the California Eduction Master Plan 1960, the UC Berkeley Oral History Project, and the UCLA Oral History Project.

Photos: (l to r) Dr. Roy E. Simpson shown at an education bill signing with Governor Ronald Reagan who later became U.S. President. Invitation to Meet with Prince Philip of England, husband of Queen Elizabeth II and father of King Charles, and a photo at the reception with Mrs. Roy Simpson (Olive) (far right) with the prince; Photos of Roy Simpson giving a speech and a formal portrait on the cover while in office as Superintendent of Public Instruction, serving four California governors from 1945-63.