Background
Shoemaker, Richard Heston was born on April 5, 1907 in Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Martin and Susan E. L. (Heston) Shoemaker.
Shoemaker, Richard Heston was born on April 5, 1907 in Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Richard Martin and Susan E. L. (Heston) Shoemaker.
Graduate William Penn Charter School, 1925. Bachelor of Arts University of Pennsylvania, 1935. Bachelor of Science, Columbia, 1938.
Master of Arts, Washington and Lee University, 1941.
1 son, Richard Martin. Clerk, Girard Trust Company, Philadelphia, also Merion Title & Trust Company, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, 1928-1933. Assistant librarian, later university librarian Washington and Lee University, 1939-1947.
Librarian Newark Colleges, Rutgers University, 1947-1959, professor library service Rutgers Graduate School Library Service, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1959-1970.
Carnegie fellow, 1958.
Member American Library Association, bibliographical societies American, University of Virginia. Club: Archons of Colophon.
Married Helen Louise Rose, November 23, 1936.