William R. Boyd

BOYD

Posted By: S. Ferrall (email)
Date: 12/22/2003 at 22:46:15

WILLIAM R. BOYD.
Chairman of the finance committee of the Board of Educaton, is a native of Iowa, having been born in Lisbon, Linn county, May 19, 1864. His boyhood was spent in Tipton, Iowa, where he attended the public schools. He was graduated from the college of liberal arts of the state university in June, 1889, having earned his way by teaching school and clerking in a store. He was principal of the school at Mechanicsville, Iowa, two years. He was editor of the Tipton Advertiser two years, editor and associate editor of the Cedar Rapids Republican sixteen years. Mr. Boyd served as postmaster of Cedar Rapids from 1899 to 1909, resigning this office to accept his present position. He has long been interested in educational matters, and was for several years a member of the board of trustees of Coe college, and for a time lecturer on political economy in that institution. Mr. Boyd is a director of the American Turst and Savings bank, and president of the Perpetual Savings and Loan association, both located in Cedar Rapids. A republican in politics.

-source: Iowa Official Register, 1927-1928; Biographies of State Officials.