John Joseph Boyle was the 19th Public Printer of the United States, the head of the U.S. Government Printing Office[2] (GPO), which produces and distributes information products for all branches of the U.S.

[4] He served in the North African campaign, where he was captured by spending two and a half years in German prison camps.

[4][1] In 1952, Public Printer Thomas F. McCormick hired Boyle to work in the Government Printing Office as a proofreader.

[6] Upon McCormick's resignation, President Jimmy Carter nominated Boyle to be Public Printer of the United States.

[4] Boyle died from a stroke on December 29, 2003, at the Holy Cross Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Silver Spring, Maryland.