Arthur Ray Rowland

Background

Rowland, Arthur Ray was born on January 6, 1930 in Hampton, Georgia, United States. Son of Arthur and Jennie (Goodman) Rowland.

Education

AB, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 1951. M. Librarianship, Emory University, 1952. Postgraduate, Oxford University, 1989.

Career

Circulation assistant, Georgia State College Library, 1952; circulation librarian, Georgia State College Library, 1952-1953; librarian, Armstrong College, Savannah, Georgia, 1954-1956; head circulation department, Auburn U. Library, 1956-1958; librarian, associate professor library science, Jacksonville U., 1958-1961; librarian, associate professor library science, Augusta College, 1961-1976; professor, library, Augusta College, 1976-1991; library emeritus, Augusta College, since 1991. Lecturer library education U. Georgia, 1962-1966. Trustee Augusta-Richmond County Public Library., 1980-1993, president of the board of trustees, 1983-1985, vice president board, 1988-1991.

Trustee Augusta Regional Library., chairman, 1984-1985. Trustee East Center Georgia Regional Library., 1987-1993, chairman, 1988-1991. Chairman Governor's Conference on Georgia Libraries and Information Superior vena cava syndrome, 1977.

Delegate White House Conference on Libraries and Info.Sci., 1979. Consultant on library management to Government of Indonesia, 1986.

Achievements

• Arthur Ray Rowland has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • A Bibliography of the Writings on Georgia History, 1900-1970

    (Book by Rowland, Arthur Ray, Dorsey, James E.)

Membership

Vice president Georgia Library. Association Trustees and Friends, 1989-1991. With United States Navy, 1948-1949.

Member American Library Association, American Association State and Local History, Bibliographical Society of America, Southeastern Library. Association (honorary life, executive board 1971-1972), Georgia Library. Association (honorary life, Second vice president 1965-1967, 71-73, 1st vice president, president-elect 1973-1975, president 1975-1977, chairman budget committee 1977-1979, advisory to president 1979-1983, 85-92), Central Savannah River Area Library.

Association (past president, editor union list of serials 1967, contribution local history and geneaology, 2007), Duval County Library. Association (past vice president), National Genealogical Society, Georgia Genealogical Society, North Carolina Genealogical Society, Virginia Genealogical Society, Augusta Genealogical Society, Richmond County History Society (curator 1964-1991, president 1967-1969, founder, editor Richmond County History), Huguenot Society South Carolina, Georgia History Society (curator emeritus), Georgia Baptist History Society, National, Young Men's Library. Association (vice president 1988-1991), Georgia Trusts for History Preservation, History Augusta (trustee emeritus), Society Georgia Archivists, Kappa Phi Kappa.

Connections

Married Jane Thomas, July 1, 1955. Children: Dell Ruth, Anna Jane.

Father:

Arthur Rowland

Mother:

Jennie (Goodman) Rowland

Spouse:

Jane Thomas

child:

Anna Jane Rowland

child:

Dell Ruth Rowland