Lloyd Bond

(November 17, 1941 - September 27, 2023)

Lloyd passed away peacefully in his residence on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, after a courageous struggle with cancer. He was born in Brownsville, TN, the seventh child of Lucy Davis Bond and Alex T. Bond. In 1944, a tragic fire destroyed the family's home and the family moved to Chicago, eventually settling in Altgeld Gardens in 1945. Lloyd attended the public schools in Atlgeld Gardens, excelled in school and graduated from George Washington Carver High School as salutatorian.

Lloyd went to Hillsdale College on a fully funded General Motors (GM) scholarship. He majored in psychology. He enjoyed Hillsdale immensely, for the education and welcome he received there, the close relationships with faculty and fellow students, his singing as lead tenor in the Hillsdale choir and chess games with many, including faculty.

Following graduation from Hillsdale, Lloyd worked for GM in labor relations, public relations, and personnel relations. Shortly thereafter, he was drafted and spent two years serving in the U.S. Army at the Fort Huachuca, AZ base. He was honorably discharged after serving briefly as meteorologist and then spending most of his time as the Personnel Specialist Clerk (main assistant to the Base's primary clerk). Lloyd received a National Defense Service Medal. He then returned to his position at GM, but in a few years tired of the rat race and decided to pursue graduate school.

Lloyd attended Johns Hopkins University and received his PhD in Psychometrics, a mathematical specialty of psychology that deals with educational and psychological measurement, and quantitative models. He found his true passion in life in teaching. He taught first at the University of Pittsburg (Pitt) in the psychology department, spending 12 years there and also helping a lot in the Learning Research and Development Center at Pitt.

From 1988-2002, Lloyd taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) in its Department of Education Research Methodology and also provided groundbreaking technical work for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, for whom he consulted for 30 years, along with providing much help to the College Board, the American Educational Research Association and other organizations. By then he had also developed a passion for research and development.

Lloyd's last full-time position prior to retirement was as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in Stanford, CA. Following that, in 2011, he moved to Vacaville, CA. He and his wife (Jody) had cousins living there and had become fond of Vacaville while visiting them and dog-sitting for Lloyd's cousins. In Vacaville, Lloyd continued doing some work as a consultant providing help with psychometrics, but mostly devoted his expertise to Solano Community College students, serving as a volunteer tutor to many students and truly making a difference.

Lloyd also had great interest in astronomy. If he had started his graduate studies at a later date, he likely would have incorporated astronomy into his studies and pursued a career that included it or was even at the base of it. He read about astronomy profusely and even had a photo of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, hanging on his wall.

Lloyd was a loving, cheerful, affectionate, generous person. He had a love for bicycling and music and enjoyed dancing. His love of chess continued through retirement, with him studying chess and playing in various venues. Lloyd was deeply caring and kind, and joyful. He savored time with family, friends and colleagues and would go out of his way to visit. He also had a lively sense of humor and was an awesome joke-teller almost up to his last day.

His first date with his wife, Jody, was going dancing, and their second was a bicycle ride. They spent countless wonderful hours on their bikes together, riding both for enjoyment and for transportation. He helped the advocacy group, Bicycling in Greensboro (in North Carolina), alongside Jody for the last 18 years. He cherished time in NC with Jody, where her work often called her to be, and where she also regularly helped her parents. Lloyd loved spending time with them and his wife's siblings and their families and his friends.

Lloyd was raised Baptist. He had memories of great Gospel music and family meals together following the morning Sunday service. Lloyd also often went to St. Paul's Catholic Church in Greensboro with Jody, usually bicycling there for Sunday mass, starting way back in 1990, and sometimes attended dinners or other events.

Lloyd was preceded in death by all his siblings, with his last remaining sibling, Harrison, of Seymour, TN, passing away very recently (in August 2023). Lloyd is survived by his wife, Jody Dietrich Bond; Harrison's wife, Ruth Jantz in Seymour, TN; and sister-in-law, Charlotte Bond in Dayton, OH; plus a host of cousins, nieces and nephews and their families.

All are invited to the memorial / celebration of life event to be held on Tuesday, December 5th at 5 pm at the Vaca Hills Funeral Home in Vacaville, CA.  For all who could make the Vacaville event, a memorial / celebration of life event will be held at some point in Greensboro, NC, probably between November 2024 and the spring of 2025, with details provided closer to the event date.

Lloyd specifically requested that no flowers be sent in his memory and that anyone desiring to give in his memory make a donation to one of the following 501(c)3 non-profit organizations. Much gratitude for any donations made:

The school in Altgeld Gardens named after him: Chicago International Charter School Lloyd Bond, 1330 S. Langley Ave., Chicago, IL 60827. Phone: 773 468 1300. https://www.cicslloydbond.org/ CISC Lloyd Bond is a Kindergarten through Grade 6 tuition-free school. Its innovative approach focuses on strong relationships, student well-being and joy, and a challenging curriculum to ensure student success. Northwest Evaluation Association has found that CISC Lloyd Bond's students score notably higher both in English and Math attainment when compared with other students across the nation, and especially in Math attainment. To donate go to https://www.chicagointl.org/support-cics#cc-donate and direct the donation to go to the Lloyd Bond campus and designate general donation or specific need.

The Fund he started at the UNCG: The Dr.Lloyd Bond Educational Research Methodology Travel and Recruitment Fund. This fund furnishes the Department of Educational Research Methodology with funds (1) to help recruit minority students, and (2) to support minority students' travel costs throughout their UNCG experience. Travel awards can make an enormous difference for students. Individuals can make a gift by contacting Courtney Dabney, Senior Director of Development by emailing chdabney@uncg.edu or by calling 336 256 0496. Individuals wanting to give directly can use this link: go.uncg.edu/lloyd-bond.

Lloyd will be sorely missed, even with so many great memories of him. To leave an online condolence or photograph(s), please sign into the guestbook at https://www.vacahillschapel.com/obits.