biography
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Bell, Terrel (Howard)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1921– )
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| biography:
| Educator, born in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, USA. After a career in public school administration he was US Commissioner of Education (1974–6). Later, as US secretary of education (1981–4) he consolidated government programmes, established the National Commission on Excellence, and sponsored its study, A Nation at Risk (1983). |
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