Background
Westerberg, Kermit Berndt was born on April 2, 1946 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of Wesley Magnus and Lorraine Jeanette (Larson) Westerberg.
Westerberg, Kermit Berndt was born on April 2, 1946 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of Wesley Magnus and Lorraine Jeanette (Larson) Westerberg.
Bachelor, Oberlin College, 1968. Master of Arts in Religion, Yale University, 1970. Master of Library Science, University Minnesota, 1977.
Library. assistant, department supervisor Uppsala University Library, Sweden, 1977-1981. Library, archivist, instructor Swedish Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1981-1992. Monographs library Yale Division School Library, New Haven, 1992-1995.
Manager cataloging, collection development officer Thomson-Gale, Primary Source Microfilm, Woodbridge, since 1996. Grant projects reviewer National Endowment of the Humanities, Washington, 1985—1999. Free-lance translator Swedish to English, Uppsala, Sweden, 1971—1974, Uppsala, 1978—1981.
Member of Special Libraries Association, Society of America Archivists, Midwest Archives Conference, Swedish-American History Society (board directors 1989-1992, 1996—2002, bibliography project co-editor 1982-1983).