Background
Bookstein, Abraham was born on March 22, 1940 in New York City. Son of Alex and Doris (Cohen) Bookstein.
Bookstein, Abraham was born on March 22, 1940 in New York City. Son of Alex and Doris (Cohen) Bookstein.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1961. Master of Science, University California, Berkeley, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, Yeshiva University, 1969.
Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1970.
Assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1971-1975;
associate professor information science, University of Chicago, 1975-1982;
professor information science, University of Chicago, since 1982. Visiting professor Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, 1982, University of California at Los Angeles, 1985. Visiting distinguished scholar Online Computer Library Center, Columbus, Ohio, 1988.
Board directors Religion Index, Evanston, Illinois, 1984-1996. Advisory board Information Science Research Institute, U. Nevada, since 1995.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society, American Society Information Sciences (Research award 1991), International Society Scientometrics and Informetrics (founding member, chairman conference program committee 1995, keynote speaker, 1991, 97), Association Computing Machinery/SIGIR (general chairman annual international conference 1991), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Marguerite Vickers, June 20, 1968.