Background
Poldervaart, Arie was born on October 21, 1909 in Vierpolders, Netherlands. Son of Arie and Heiltje (Huisman) Poldervaart.
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Arie Poldervaart
Edit ProfileEducation
Brought to the United States, 1914, derivative citizenship. Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1931. Master of Arts, University of Iowa, 1934.
Student College of Law, University of Iowa, 1931-1932, 1933-1934.
Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Iowa, 1953. Studied law library science under Helen South. Moylan.
Career
Graduate 45th National Training School for scout executives, Mendham, New Jersey, 1935. Assistant boy scout executive, Northern New Mexico Council, 1935-1937. Advertising manager Santa Fe (New Mexico) Daily Sun, 1937.
Admitted to New Mexico bar, August 17, 1939.
Appointed state librarian and law librarian of New Mexico by state Supreme Court, January, 1938. Law librarian, College of Law, University of New Mexico, 1947-1963.
National commissioner on Uniform State Laws, 1957-1969.
Achievements
Membership
Member New Mexico State library association (president 1941-1942, 1942-1943), American Association Law Libraries (president-elect 1946-1947, president 1947-1948), New Mexico State Library Commission, American Bar Association, The Order of the Coif, American library association, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Delta Epsilon. Club: Santa Fe 20-30 (charter. Member of the editorial staff of the New Mexico Statutes, 1941, 6 volumes, asso editor, 1953, 12 volumes
Connections
Married Edna Beryl Kerchmar, March 20, 1936. Children: Arie William, Patricia Annual.
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Died
June 3, 1969 (aged 59) -
Resting place
Buried Fairview Memorial Park Cemetery, Albuquerque New Mexico. -
Nationality
Dutch -
Ethnicity
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Religion
Methodist