Corinne Elaine Nyquist

Background

Nyquist, Corinne Elaine was born on November 1, 1935 in Minnesota Falls, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Clair Francis and Ebba Ingeborg (Lindgren) Johnson.

Education

Bachelor (cum laude), Macalester College, 1956. Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, University Minnesota, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Albany, 2004.

Career

Assistant librarian, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1959-1960; assistant librarian, Evanston (Illinois) Public Library, 1962-1964; assistant librarian, Skokie (Illinois) Public Library, 1965-1966; assistant librarian, research assistant, Rhodes U., Grahamstown, Republic of South Africa, 1967; assistant librarian to librarian, State University of New York, New Paltz, since 1968; ombudsman, State University of New York, New Paltz, 1983-1985. Co-project director human rights bibliographic project Ford Foundation, 1986-1988. Consultant New York State Education Department, Albany, 1980-1982.

Chairman international libraries committee State University of New York, 1984-1986.

Achievements

• Corinne Elaine Nyquist has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Town Democratic Committee, New Paltz, 1984-1986, since 2007. Advisory committee on awards State University of New York, 1989-1994. Member American Library Association (chairman human rights task force 1989-1991, executive international relations task force 1987-1992, interlibrary loan code revision committee 2006-2008, codes, guidelines and technical standards committee since 2007), African Studies Association, New York African Studies Association (co-editor newsletter 1974-1999, vice president 1991-1992, president 1992-1993), Ulster County Libraries Association (executive committee 1984-1994), Sojourner Truth Institute (board directors 1997-2001), State University of New York Libraries Association, Beta Phi Mu, New York African Studies Association(director secretariat, since 2008).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, hiking, cross-country skiing, traveling.

Connections

Married Thomas Eugene Nyquist, December 22, 1956. Children: Jonathan Eugene, Lynn Marie.

Father:

Clair Francis Johnson

Mother:

Ebba Ingeborg (Lindgren) Johnson

Spouse:

Thomas Eugene Nyquist

child:

Jonathan Eugene Nyquist

child:

Lynn Marie Nyquist