Background
Morton, Donald John was born on January 11, 1931 in Brooklyn. Son of Ellwood Stokes and Gladys (Hassler) Morton.
Morton, Donald John was born on January 11, 1931 in Brooklyn. Son of Ellwood Stokes and Gladys (Hassler) Morton.
Bachelor of Science, University Delaware, 1952. Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1958.
Master of Science in Library. Science, Simmons College, 1969. Doctor in Library. Science, Simmons College, 1976.
Assistant professor botany New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, 1957-1958. Assistant professor plant pathology North Dakota State University, Fargo, 1959-1961. Plant pathologist Agriculture Department, Tifton, Georgia, 1961-1965.
Associate professor plant pathology University Delaware, Newark, 1965-1968. Librarian Northeastern University, Boston, 1968-1970. Head librarian, assistant professor history of medicine University Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 1970—1994, director library, associate professor library science, 1974-1994, library consultant, since 1994.
Teacher medical librarianship Worcester State College, 1974-1994. Library consultant, since 1994. Computer consultant Hampton History Society, 1995—2006.
Library advisor Exeter Hospital, New Hampshire, 1996—2006. Library volunteer Maine Medical Center, since 2006. Library Oceanview Library., Falmouth, Maine, since 2007.
Library volunteer Mercy Hospital, Portland, since 2008. Consultant in field; member advisory committee medical librarianship Simmons College, 1972-1994. Member task force committee New England Regional Library.
Service, 1971-1994; member cooperating staff Worcester Foundation Experimental Biology, 1972-1994. Chairman Council Developing Medical Libraries, 1974. President North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries, 1974-1975, Worcester Area Cooperative Libraries, 1974-1975.
Member Oliver Wendell Holmes endowment committee Boston Medical Library., 1973-1974, University Massachusetts Bicentennial Committee, 1973-1975. Member American Association University Administrators, Simmons College Library. School Alumni Association (president 1975-1976), Worcester Art Museum, Worcester History Society, Northboro History Society, Hampton History Society, New Hampshire History Society, American Society Information Science, American Library Association, Massachusetts Library.
Association, Medical Library. Association (chairman New England group 1974-1975), Mycological Society of America, Special Libraries Association, New England College Librarians, Piscatagua Pioneers Hereditary Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Zeta.
Married Ann Mayo Tilden, August 16, 1958. Children— Saundra Kay, Donald John, Mary Annual.