David Beaulieu, education professor and administrator, was the President of the Board of Trustees of the Native American Educational Services College from 1973-1997. Beaulieu earned his Ph.D. in Education Administration from the University of Minnesota, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Newberry Library's Darcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian. From 1973-1991, he served as President of the Board of Trustees of the Native American Educational Services College; he has also held faculty positions at the University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Illinois-Chicago, Moorhead State University, and Sintè Gleska College.
Beaulieu has worked in both state and federal government as an education administrator: his positions have included Director of Indian Education for the State of Minnesota, Commissioner of the Department of Human Rights for the State of Minnesota, and Director of the Office of Indian Education for the United States Department of Education.
At Arizona State University, Beaulieu is Professor of Education Leadership and Policy Studies, and Director of the Center for Indian Education. Beaulieu served on the board of the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) from 2003-2006, and was President of NIEA in 2005. He is Editor of the Journal of American Indian Education.
From the guide to the Native American Educational Services. Beaulieu, David. Papers, 1954-1997, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)
