Background
Borko, Harold was born on February 4, 1922 in New York City. Son of George and Hilda (Karpel) Borko.
educator information scientist psychologist
Borko, Harold was born on February 4, 1922 in New York City. Son of George and Hilda (Karpel) Borko.
Student, College City New York, 1939-1941; Bachelor of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1948; Master of Arts, University Southern California, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of Southern California, 1952.
System training specialist, Rand Corporation, 1956-1957; with, System Development Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1957-1968; associate staff head language processing and retrieval staff, System Development Corporation, 1965-1968; instructor psychology, University of Southern California, 1957-1965; instructor School Library Service, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965-1968; professor Graduate School Library and Information Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968-1993; retired, 1993.
Served with Army of the United States, 1942-1946. To captain, Medical Service Corps Army of the United States, 1950-1956. Member American Society for Information Science (president 1966), Association Computing Machinery, American Psychological Association, Association Library and Information Service Education, American Society Indexers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Gamma Museum.
Married Hannah Levin, June 22, 1947. Children: Hilda, Martin.