October 04, 1979
The President today announced that he has designated Harold Howe as Chairman of the National Council on Educational Research.
Howe has been a member of the Council since 1978. He is vice president for education and research of the Ford Foundation and served as United States Commissioner of Education from 1965 to 1968.
Jimmy Carter, National Council on Educational Research Designation of Harold Howe as Chairman. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/248710