Background
Rinkel, Gene Keith was born on February 27, 1929 in Fayette County, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter M. and Jane E. (Dixon) Rinkel.
Rinkel, Gene Keith was born on February 27, 1929 in Fayette County, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter M. and Jane E. (Dixon) Rinkel.
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religion, Greenville College, 1950. Bachelor's Degree, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1958. Medical Science Liaison Society, University Illinois, 1967.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Church, 1950. Minister Free Methodist Church, Athens, Georgia, 1950—1952, Davenport, Iowa, 1956—1958, Aurora, Illinois, 1958—1963. Library University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, since 1967.
Curator special collections, since 1985.
President and director Mahomet Public Library. Board, Illinois, since 1975. President, board director Lincoln Trail Library.
Systems, since 1986; Member of American Library Association (committees member since 1975), Library. Administration and Management Association, Association College and Research Libraries.
Married Margaret E. Causey, August 4, 1950. Children: Stephen D., Karen Rinkel Smith.