Background
Scannell, Francis Xavier was born on December 15, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William James and Helen Gertrude (Ahern) Scannell.
Scannell, Francis Xavier was born on December 15, 1917 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William James and Helen Gertrude (Ahern) Scannell.
Graduate, Roxbury Latin School, 1938. AB, Harvard, 1942; Bachelor of Science, Columbia, 1943.
Reference librarian Boston Public Library, 1943-1946. General reference librarian Detroit Public Library, 1946-1948, assistant chief reference, 1948-1953. Head reader services Michigan State Library, Lansing, 1953-1965.
Reference librarian Michigan State University, 1965-1968, state librarian Michigan, 1968-1983. Library consultant, since 1983.
Member library advisory committee School Librarianship Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, since 1968. Delegate White House Conference on Libraries, 1979. Member Michigan Library Association, University Michigan Library Science Alumni Association (honorary).
Married Mary R. Donovan, December 28, 1946. Children: Chris, Joel, Elizabeth, Martha.