Flora Lester Lowe

Background

Lowe, Flora Lester was born on February 22, 1948 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Gerald Kennedy and Mary Opal (Booth) Stith.

Education

AB, College William & Mary, 1969. M.Libr., Emory University, 1977.

Career

Library paraprofessional, Emory University, Atlanta, 1969-1977; library assistant, Marshall U. Medical School Library., Huntington, West Virginia, 1978-1979; retrospective conversion cataloger, Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois, 1979-1980; library director, Mount St. Clare College, Clinton, Iowa., since 1980; instructor English as Second Language, Mount St. Clare College, Clinton, Iowa., 1980-1991. Chairperson, co-founder River Cities Library. consortium, Clinton, 1988-1990, 95-.

Achievements

• Flora Lester Lowe has been listed as a noteworthy Librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Library Association, American Association of University Women (scholarship chairperson 1990-1991), Iowa Library. Association, Iowa Private Academy Libraries, Association College and Research Libraries, Association College and Library. Research, Beatrix Potter Society, Arnold Bennett Society, Midwest Archives Conference, Junior Chamber of Commerce (Outstanding Young Woman American 1979), Brontë Society, Kappa Delta Pi, Pi Delta Phi, Beta Phi Museum.

Connections

Married William Curtis Lowe, June 14, 1969. 1 child, Elizabeth Nell.

Father:

Gerald Kennedy Stith

Mother:

Mary Opal (Booth) Stith

Spouse:

William Curtis Lowe

child:

Elizabeth Nell Lowe