Chester Evans Finn, Jr. , (b. August 3, 1944) is a former professor of education, an educational policy analyst, and a former United States Assistant Secretary of Education. He is currently the president of the nonprofit Thomas B. Fordham Foundation in Washington, D.C. He is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Education, an Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution where he chairs the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education.

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  • Chester Evans Finn, Jr. , (b. August 3, 1944) is a former professor of education, an educational policy analyst, and a former United States Assistant Secretary of Education. He is currently the president of the nonprofit Thomas B. Fordham Foundation in Washington, D.C. He is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Education, an Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution where he chairs the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education. Finn was Professor of Education and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University (1981–2002). He served as Assistant Secretary for Research and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education (1985–1988). Earlier positions include Staff Assistant to the President of the United States; Special Assistant to the Governor of Massachusetts (1972–1973); Counsel to the United States Ambassador to India (1973–1974); Research Associate at the Brookings Institution (1974–1977); and Legislative Director for Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1977–1981). Chester is known among friends and associates by the nickname "Checker."
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  • K12 Ohio Community School Association Charter School Leadership Council Philanthropy Roundtable advisory boards of the National Association of Scholars Center of the American Experiment Parents Raising Educational Standards in Schools Centre for Policy Studies National Assessment Governing Board, including two years as its chairman (1988–1996)
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  • Arti, Aloke
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  • BA (history), 1965
    MA , 1970
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  • "Chester Evans Finn, Jr." Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2008. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC. Fee via Fairfax County Public Library, accessed 2009-05-16. Document Number: K2017758079
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  • Chester Evans Finn, Jr.
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  • Renu Virmani, M.D., F.A.C.C., August 3, 1974
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  • Chester Evans Finn, Jr. , (b. August 3, 1944) is a former professor of education, an educational policy analyst, and a former United States Assistant Secretary of Education. He is currently the president of the nonprofit Thomas B. Fordham Foundation in Washington, D.C. He is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Education, an Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution where he chairs the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education.
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