William Boarman
| William Boarman | |
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| Public Printer of the United States | |
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In office December 29, 2010 – January 3, 2012 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Robert Tapella |
| Succeeded by | Davita Vance-Cooks |
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| Born |
June 30, 1946 Hyattsville, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
University of Maryland, Adelphi American University National Labor College |
William Joseph Boarman (born June 30, 1946) was the 26th Public Printer of the United States. A former American printer, labor union leader, and government consultant, he has served as Senior Vice-President of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and President of that union's Printing, Publishing & Media Works Sector.
Boarman was raised in Hyattsville, Maryland, attending Northwestern High School, where he was active in sports and drama—including the starring role in the school's 1964 senior class musical, "The Music Man." His continuing education included: Printing Industry of Washington, DC, Printing Fundamentals – 1968; Four Year Union Printer Apprenticeship Program – McArdle Printing Company, 1971 Graduate; College level courses at the University of Maryland, University College, American University, and the George Meany University in Silver Spring Maryland; International Foundation Employees Benefit Educational Courses for Trustees, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2005.
He was married for 31 years to Mary Frances Boarman, until her death on April 29, 2008. He has two children, Christopher and Lauren.
Boarman's career in the printing industry spans 40 years. A Practical Printer trained under the apprenticeship program of the International Typographical Union (ITU), he served his apprenticeship at McArdle Printing Company in Washington, D.C. In 1974, he accepted an appointment as a Journeyman Printer at the Government Printing Office (GPO).
Active in the union from the start of his career, Boarman moved up in the union’s ranks as a local officer, and was elected President of his home Local 101-12, Columbia Typographical, when he was thirty years old. He later served as a national officer with the ITU where he was a key architect of the merger between the ITU and the CWA in 1987. He was elected ITU president shortly before the merger and has been re-elected to seven successive terms since.
Boarman has served as an unpaid consultant to several Public Printers and has testified before various congressional committees regarding GPO programs and policies as well as in confirmation hearings before the Senate Rules Committee. CWA President Larry Cohen praised Mr. Boarman’s experience and his service to printing sector members and workers in the industry. "Bill brings an outstanding reservoir of knowledge to this work. He will be an outstanding Public Printer."
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