Background
Grimm, Ben Emmet was born on September 27, 1924 in Jersey City. Son of Benjamin Harrison and Eunice Blanche (Whitenack) Grimm.
library director and consultant
Grimm, Ben Emmet was born on September 27, 1924 in Jersey City. Son of Benjamin Harrison and Eunice Blanche (Whitenack) Grimm.
Bachelor, Washington and Lee University, 1949. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1950.
Librarian youth services, Detroit Public Library, 1950-1952;
senior librarian, Fair Lawn (New Jersey) Public Library, 1952-1954;
reference and reading librarian, Montclair (New Jersey) Public Library, 1955-1956;
assistant director, Montclair (New Jersey) Public Library, 1956-1961;
director, Belleville (New Jersey) Public Library, 1961-1972;
director, Jersey City Public Library, 1973-1985;
principal, Grimm/McPherson Associations, Montclair, New Jersey, 1988-1992;
independent library consultant, 1992-1993. Chairman Hudson County Audio-Visual Aids Commission, 1975-1985. Consultant library buildings, services and administration, 1966-1993.
Consultant, member state aid construction advisory board New Jersey State Library., 1985-1988, chairman advisory county Library. Superior vena cava syndrome and Construction Act, 1979-1983.
Board directors Orange County (Virginia) History Society, 1994-1996, president, 1995. Board directors Orange County Library. Foundation, 1995-1998, vice president, 1997-1998.
Board directors Rapidan Foundation, 1999—2010, treasurer, 2003-2010. Board directors The Arts Center in Orange, 2002-2003. With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945.
Member New Jersey Library. Association (president 1968-1969).
Married Jean Kay Bohrer, August 19, 1950 (divorced 1982). Children: Jeffrey, Kevin, Mark, Wendy. Married Lucy Ann Taylor, January 21, 1989.