Ben-Ami Lipetz

Background

Lipetz, Ben-Ami was born on March 14, 1927 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Son of Elijah Yekusiel and Ruth Dobrusya (Leavitt) Lipetz.

Education

BME, Cornell Univercity, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1959.

Career

Editor, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1948-1950; project leader, assistant division chief, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1953-1959; project manager, library director, Itek Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1959-1962; consultant, Carlisle, Massachusetts, 1962-1966; head of research department, Yale University Library., New Haven, Connecticut, 1966-1978; dean, professor school of information science and policy, State University of New York, Albany, since 1978. Editor, business manager Information Science Abstracts, New Haven, 1966-1981. Board dirs.Documentation Abstracts, Inc., Wilmington, treasurer, since 1988.

Achievements

• Ben-Ami Lipetz has been listed as a noteworthy Dean, information science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member American Library Association, American Society for Information Science (board directors), American Society of Indexers, Special Libraries Association, Cornell Society of Engineers, Friends of Library. State University of New York-Albany (president).

Connections

Father:

Elijah Yekusiel Lipetz

Mother:

Ruth Dobrusya (Leavitt) Lipetz