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American librarian and academic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Milton Edward Lord (June 12, 1898 – February 12, 1985) was an American librarian and academic who was president of the American Library Association from 1949 to 1950.[1]
Milton E. Lord | |
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President of the American Library Association | |
In office 1949–1950 | |
Preceded by | Errett Weir McDiarmid |
Succeeded by | Clarence R. Graham |
Personal details | |
Born | Milton Edward Lord June 12, 1898 Lynn, Massachusetts, US |
Died | February 12, 1985 86) Salem, Massachusetts, US | (aged
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Librarian |
Lord studied engineering at Harvard University, graduating in 1919. He chose to study Library Science after serving as a part-time assistant in the library for several years. He acted as librarian of Harvard Union in Cambridge, Massachusetts before spending a year at the Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris in 1925. He went on to spend four years in Italy as a librarian of the American Academy in Rome, where he participated in an effort to recatalog the Vatican Library.[2]
In 1930, Lord then became a professor and director of university libraries at the University of Iowa. He also directed the library school at the University of Iowa. Lord left Iowa in 1932 to become Director of the Boston Public Library, where he stayed until he retired in 1965.[3]
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