William J. Boarman Sworn In as 26th Public Printer
In 1977, Bill took a leave of absence from GPO to serve in various elected posts within the International Typographical Union, which merged with CWA in 1987. Bill has been a trusted advisor to several Public Printers and has testified on GPO before Congress numerous times over the past 30 years. He served as chairman of the CWA/ITU Negotiated Pension Plan, a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan with assets of $1 billion; President of the International Allied Printing Trades Association; and President of the Union Printers Home, a 122-bed skilled nursing facility in Colorado Springs, CO. Bill served three terms as co-chair of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) and as the first-ever public member of the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities.