Alan Heslop is an American

United States

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 academic and government consultant

Consultant

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 and advisor.

He was born in 1938 in England

England

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 and gained BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 and MA degrees from Magdalen College, Oxford

Magdalen College, Oxford

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. He later became a naturalized American citizen, and gained his PhD

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 from the University of Texas.

Heslop taught for four decades at Claremont McKenna College

Claremont McKenna College

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, where he served as Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculty, and was the founding director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government

Rose Institute of State and Local Government

The Rose Institute of State and Local Government is a research institute based out of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. Founded in 1973 by businesswoman, lawyer, feminist and activist Edessa Rose, the Rose Institute has developed a reputation as one of California's premier...

. His current academic appointment is as a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University

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Heslop held senior staff and consulting positions in the California Legislature, and served as research director for a number of California statewide and local initiatives. He was a Congressional Fellow

Fellow

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 and a consultant to the Committee on Administration in the U.S. House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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Heslop served on several advisory commissions, including the California Constitution Revision Commission (1994–97). In 1985 he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

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 to be the Chairman of the National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement

National Council on Educational Research

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 and was reappointed to that position by President George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

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in 1989. He has been a consultant on education and other subjects to many organizations in the U.S. and abroad.