# Tim Boyd

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'''Timothy Breck Boyd '''(born October 22, 1953) is a [theosophist](/source/theosophist) religious leader who was elected the president of the [Theosophical Society Adyar](/source/Theosophical_Society_Adyar) in 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Theosophical-society-looks-at-change-under-new-head/articleshow/34851217.cms|title=Theosophical society looks at change under new head| work=The Times of India | date=May 9, 2014 | accessdate=3 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ts-adyar.org/content/about-ts#Past_International_Presidents | title=International Presidents | publisher=The Theosophical Society International Headquarters Adyar | accessdate=3 September 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113090637/http://www.ts-adyar.org/content/about-ts#Past_International_Presidents | archivedate=13 November 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Theosophical-Society-President-Hopes-to-Involve-Youth-in-Voluntary-Services/2014/05/10/article2215612.ece1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905021836/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Theosophical-Society-President-Hopes-to-Involve-Youth-in-Voluntary-Services/2014/05/10/article2215612.ece1 | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 5, 2014 | title=Theosophical Society President Hopes to Involve Youth in Voluntary Services | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=10 May 2014 | accessdate=3 September 2014}}</ref> He succeeded [Radha Burnier](/source/Radha_Burnier), who had been president of the Theosophical Society Adyar from 1980 until her death in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Radha-Burnier-president-of-Theosophical-Society-dies-at-90/articleshow/25048170.cms | title=Radha Burnier, president of Theosophical Society, dies at 90 | publisher=Times of India | date=Nov 1, 2013 | accessdate=1 November 2013}}</ref>

==Early life==
Boyd was born in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) and lived there for seventeen years until he went away to college at [Brown University](/source/Brown_University) in [Providence, Rhode Island](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island). From Brown University he transferred to the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago), where he was an honors graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Affairs. 

==Career==
On October 5, 1974 he joined the [Theosophical Society in America](/source/Theosophical_Society_in_America). Together with Bill Lawrence, a TS member, and others he founded a Theosophical spiritual community in Chicago's inner city. The group formed the Royal Associates, a business that initially focused on reclaiming and renovating some of the deteriorating residential buildings in their area. Royal Associates would develop residential buildings for low and middle-income families. The organization’s work helped stabilize neighborhoods through the training and employment of local youth and the creation of affordable homes for area residents.

In 1988 he started as a national lecturer for the TSA. From 1996 to 2000 he worked in hospice services as a volunteer in a team that involved doctors, social workers, and nurses. In 2007 Boyd became president of the [Theosophical Order of Service](/source/Theosophical_Order_of_Service) (TOS) USA. In 2014 he was elected president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and he assumed office as their eighth international president at the international Headquarters in Adyar on April 27, 2014.

==Personal life==
He currently divides his time between the TSA headquarters in [Adyar](/source/Adyar%2C_Chennai), India and the [Olcott Estate](/source/Olcott_Estate) in [Wheaton](/source/Wheaton%2C_Illinois), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), where he lives with his wife, Lily, and daughter, Angelique.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theosophical.org/president-s-bio | title=Biography Tim Boyd | publisher=TSA | accessdate=1 January 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://theosophical.org/ Theosophical Society in America]
* [http://www.ts-adyar.org/ Theosophical Society Adyar]

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