Education and Appointments
Reed holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Grove City College (1975) and a Master of Arts degree in History from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (1978).
From 1977 to 1984 he taught economics at Midland, Michigan’s Northwood University, serving as chairman of the Department of Economics from 1982 to 1984. While at Northwood, Reed designed the university's dual major in Economics and Business Management and founded its annual "Freedom Seminar."
In addition to his undergraduate and graduate education, Reed was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Public Administration from Central Michigan University in 1994 and an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Northwood University in 2008. Reed is also the recipient of the Grove City College Distinguished Alumni Award.
Long active in Michigan policy, Reed was appointed in 1993 by the state's then-Governor John Engler(R) to the Headlee Amendment Blue Ribbon Commission. The Commission had been established as part of the state's 1978 "Headlee Amendment" for the purpose of limiting local and state government spending. It was officially abolished in 2004 by current Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm.
In 1994, Reed was named to the Secchia Commission on Total Quality Government, a task force charged by Governor Engler to streamline Michigan state government. Engler and many of his administration's officials frequently cited the work of the Mackinac Center as influential in shaping administration policies.
In December 2007, the Washington, D.C. based Heritage Foundation named Reed Visiting Senior Fellow.
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