Background
Skelton, Alan Gordon was born on August 3, 1912 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. Son of James Lee and Josephine (Carter) Skelton.
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Alan Gordon Skelton
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Bachelor of Library Science, U. Oklahoma, 1933, Bachelor. in Political Science, 1934.
Career
School, Alice, Texas, 1934-1936, Robstown, Texas, 1936-1938. Librarian geological library U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1938-1944. Librarian, research assistant Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, Tulsa, 1944-1947.
Head Research Center Library, United States Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1947-1971, chairman experiment station arboretum board, 1978-1979, chief Technology Information Center, 1971-1979, foreign intelligence officer, 1972-1979.
Representative Federal Laboratory Consortium Technology Transfer, 1978-1979. Chairman, Vicksburg Municipal Rose Garden, 1957-1979, Vicksburg City Beautification Commission, 1963-1965.
Member Executive Board Vicksburg-Warren Beautiful, Incorporated., 1969-1970. Member of advisory committee for title programs Mississippi Library Commission, 1969-1979.
President State Library Advisory Council, 1978-1979.
Deputy executive director Mississippi National Library Week, 1971, executive director, 1972, steering committee, 1978. Parlimentarian Government"s Conference on Library and Information Services, 1979.
Achievements
Membership
Member Executive Board Vicksburg-Warren Beautiful, Incorporated., 1969-1970. Member of advisory committee for title programs Mississippi Library Commission, 1969-1979. Member Mississippi library association (president 1961, chairman constitution and by-laws committee 1966, long range planning committee, Mississippi libraries 1972-1979, elections committee 1978, parliamentarian 1975, 76, 77, 78, 79, merit award 1972, outstanding achievement award 1978), Special Libraries Association (president Louisiana chapter 1959-1960, editor Louisiana chapter Bulletin 1958-1959.
Connections
Married Martha Hope Butcher, January 26, 1940. Children: Ann Hope Skelton Fentress, Gordon William.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Democrat
Awards
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Recipient award of merit Vicksburg City Beautification Commission, 1965. Quality award Waterways Experiment Station, 1971, Outstanding Service award, 1974, 75, 76, 77, 78.Recipient award of merit Vicksburg City Beautification Commission, 1965. Quality award Waterways Experiment Station, 1971, Outstanding Service award, 1974, 75, 76, 77, 78.