William Aloysius Boylan (January 6, 1869 – July 8, 1940) was the first President of Brooklyn College.
[5] In his career, he was District Superintendent of Schools (beginning in 1913) and Associate Superintendent of Schools, with the New York City Board of Education (beginning in 1927).
[6][7][5] Jimmy Walker, the Mayor of New York City, appointed Boylan the first President of Brooklyn College in May 1930.
[6][8] Boylan resigned as President and retired in September 1938 due to illness, as he was suffering from neuritis, and died on July 8, 1940, at 71 years of age.
[13] Boylan co-authored City Arithmetics, Charles E. Merrill Company (1916), Correct Spelling for Graded Schools, Laurel Book Company (1929), and Graded Drill Exercises in Corrective English, Noble and Noble, Incorporated (1939).