| NAME: | Eugene Bernard Jackson |
| DATES: | 1915- |
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| WORKED AT: | University of Texas; General Motors; Wright AFB |
| OTHER INFORMATION: | Jackson earned a degree of Bachelor in Library Science in 1938 and
then a degree of Master of Arts in Library Science in 1942, both degrees
from the University of Illinois. Jackson was the authority on documentation
in aeronautics and automotive engineering. He administered a technical
library program for NACA. He also headed the technical information section
of the R & D branch of the Quartermaster General's Office.
He worked at: Chief Librarian for General Motors's research laboratories; Active at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio at end of WWII. Jackson is aslo an author of indexes and technical literature and papers on the role of research libraries in business and government. See Current Biography (1961):218-20 for more information. |
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| OFFICES: | SLA: Director 1953-56; Vice-Pres. 1960-61; Pres. 1961-62; Cincinnati Chapter Pres. 1984. |
| PAPERS AT:
LOCATION #1 |
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| INCLUDES: | He has given some of his photos to Wright Patterson Air Force Base Historical Office. No decisions about where he will deposit his papers. |
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| SOURCE: | Phone conversation with Eugene Jackson, 9/95. |
A
CAREER MEMORY FROM EUGENE JACKSON
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