Draft:Sidney P. Marland Jr.

Sidney Percy Marland Jr. (born 19 August 1914, died 24 May 1992) was an American educator, school administrator, author, and US Army officer from Danielson, Connecticut. Marland led the American educational system from 1970 to 1973 during the Richard Nixon administration. He and was the first statutory Assistant Secretary of Education (confirmed December 1972). Prior to that, Marland held the post of Commissioner of Education in the Office of Education.

Marland also distinguished himself as a military officer in the US Army where he held division staff officer roles in the 43rd Infantry Division between 1942 and 1945.

Early years and education
Marland was the son of Sidney P. Marland and Ruth (nee Johnson) Marland. Marland was highly motivated by Miss Ethel Kelley, his sophomore year English composition teacher, to pursue a career in education. He joined the University of Connecticut, arriving in Storrs with $4 in his pocket that his mother had saved from her weekly grocery money. Marland found a job as a waiter to help pay his $60 per month room rent and later became janitor at one of the college fraternities, assuring himself of free board at the fraternity house.

Education
1932. High School Diploma. Killingley High School. Danielson, Connecticut

1936. Bachelor of Arts in Education. University of Connecticut. Storrs, Connecticut.

1951. Master's Degree. University of Connecticut. Storrs, Connecticut.

1954. PhD in School Administration. New York University. New York, New York.

Pre-war years (1936-1938)
Marland began his teaching career as an English teacher at William Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut. There he met Virginia Partridge of West Hartford. They married in 1940.

Service dates and promotions
Military Serial number: 0-342642
 * 9 June 1936. Officer Reserve Corps, Infantry.  2nd Lieutenant.
 * 29 October 1938. 2nd Lieutenant, QMC Connecticut National Guard.  Assigned to Hqs company 118th Quartermaster Regiment.
 * 24 July 1939. 1st Lieutenant, QMC Connecticut National Guard.  Hqs Company 118th Quartermaster Regiment.
 * 5 November 1940. Connecticut National Guard.  Assigned command Hqs Company 118th Quartermaster Regiment.
 * 7 January 1941. Captain, QMC Connecticut National Guard.  Re-assigned command Hqs Company 118th Quartermaster Regiment.
 * 29 January 1941. Appointed Officer in charge, State Armory, West Hartford.
 * 24 February 1941. Called into Federal Service.
 * 7 March 1941. Relieved as Officer in charge, State Armory, West Hartford.
 * 14 April 1941 - 7 June 1941. Detached Service (DS) Quartermaster School Philadelphia, PA (National Guard and Reserve Officer Course). Completed, Academic Rating - Excellent.
 * 11 July 1942. Detached Service (DS) Command and General Staff School.  9th General Staff Course.  Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
 * 29 September 1942. Major, Quartermaster Corps.  US Army.
 * 19 August 1943. Lieutenant Colonel.  US Army.
 * 7 April 1945. Colonel.  US Army.
 * 28 August 1945. Assigned to General Headquarters, US Army Forces, Pacific.
 * Oct-Nov 1945. Assigned to War Department, performing intelligence surveys in Japan.
 * Jul 1946. Expected to be named Division Commander of 43rd National Guard Division.
 * 18 October 1949. Honorably discharged from 43rd Infantry Division for business reasons.

World War II Pacific Theater (1942-1945)

 * San Francisco, CA USA - Departure: 1 October 1942
 * Auckland, New Zealand - Arrival: 22 October 1942; Departure: 2 November 1942
 * Noumea, New Caledonia - Departure: 13 February 1943
 * Guadalcanal Island Stop (TBC) -
 * Russell Islands - Landing: 21 February 1943


 * Rendova Island and Munda Airfield - Landing: 30 June 1943; Capture: 5 August 1943


 * New Georgia. Aitape and Drinimuor River.


 * Luzon Campaign, Lingayen Gulf, and Ipo Dam.

Pacific Military Intelligence Service (PACMIRS)

 * Marland was assigned duty as the Chief, Research Division of the War Department's Pacific Military Intelligence Research Service (PACMIRS). PACMIRS was responsible for gathering intelligence from captured Japanese documents to provide strategic and tactical advantages to US forces.

43rd National Guard Division

 * Memorial Day Speech, 30 May 1946.
 * Marland was the Marshall of the Memorial Day Parade in West Hartford, Connecticut on 31 May 1946. He gave a speech at Hill Cemetery to commemorate the war dead.  The speech was reported in the Hartford Courant on 31 May 1946.

Decorations and Citations

 * Distinguished Service Cross
 * Bronze Star
 * Legion of Merit

School administration (1950-1970)
Darien, Connecticut.

Winnetka, Illinois

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Federal public service (1970-1973)

 * Sidney Marland was nominated and confirmed as the Commissioner of Education within the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in 1970 and held the office until 1972 when he was selected as the first Assistant Secretary of Education.
 * Sidney Marland's hearings for Commissioner of Education and Assistant Secretary of Education were held on November 19, 1970 and September 20, 1972.
 * Sidney Marland appeared on CBS's Face the Nation on September 5, 1971.
 * The Marland Report and giftedness:
 * The Marland report, officially Education of the Gifted and Talented: Report to Congress, is a 1972 report to the Congress of the United States by Sidney P. Marland Jr., which contains a widely known definition of giftedness of children. See: Marland report
 * Primary and Secondary School Career Education
 * Sidney Marland introduced the concept of Career Education during his years in federal service, proposing that reform was potentially required to better support the youth that were entering the workforce without proper skills to make a living.
 * The Career Education concept was discussed in late 1972 at the Council for Basic Education and recorded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
 * Senate hearings to the Office of Assistant Secretary of Education in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Late career (1974-1992)
The College Board. President. November 1973 - 31 October 1978. Scholastic Magazines. Chairman of the Editorial Board. 1978.