The President today announced his intention to appoint Leroy E. Hay to be a member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars during his tenure as National Teacher of the Year. He will succeed Bruce E. Brombacher.
Dr. Hay is a teacher of English and futuristics at Manchester High School, Manchester, Conn. He has been teaching for 17 years, 15 of them at Manchester High School, where he is now chairman of the English department. He is a past president of the Manchester Education Association.
Dr. Hay is the winner of the 1983 National Teacher of the Year Award. He was also named Connecticut Teacher of the Year. He graduated from State University of New York in Cortland (B.A., 1966) and the University of Connecticut (M.A., 1971). He earned a doctor of philosophy in secondary education from the University of Connecticut in 1978.
Dr. Hay is married, has two children, and resides in Vernon, Conn. He was born May 13, 1944, in Cortland, N.Y.
Ronald Reagan, Appointment of Leroy E. Hay as a Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262829