An emeritus professor of educational administration, Joseph Kauffman, served as the program's first training director.

In 1980 he became a professor of political science and public administration at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

And from 1987 until 2011 a professor of public administration at the Leiden University.

His father is a professor of public administration at Baruch College in New York.

Elliot became a faculty member at Cornell University in 1948, becoming a professor of educational administration in 1951.

He was married to Camilla Stivers, a professor of public administration.

Her father is a professor of public administration at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

He was also a professor of educational administration at St. John's University.

His father retired as a professor of estate planning, legal ethics and fiduciary administration at Creighton's law school.

He was appointed professor of military administration at the Staff College in 1871.