Background
Bitner, Harry was born on July 22, 1916 in Kansas City, Missoury. Son of Barney and Helen (Samberg) Bitner.
Bitner, Harry was born on July 22, 1916 in Kansas City, Missoury. Son of Barney and Helen (Samberg) Bitner.
Bachelor of Arts, University Missouri at Kansas City, 1941; Juris Doctor, U. Missouri at Kansas City, 1939; Bachelor of Science in liberal studies, University of Illinois, 1942.
Instructor law, University Kansas City, 1942-1943; law librarian, U. Kansas City, 1939-1942; reference law librarian, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania, 1946; associate law librarian, Columbia Law School, 1946-1954; librarian, Department Justice, 1954-1957; law librarian, Yale Law School, 1957-1965; law librarian, professor of law, Cornell Univercity Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1965-1976; professor emeritus, Cornell Univercity Law School, 1976; legal bibliographer, Columbia University Law Library, 1978-1981. Project director libraries study project Association American Law Schools, since 1967. Trustee South Central Research Library Council, Ithaca, 1974-1975.
Secretary board directors New Haven Jewish Community Council, 1962-1964, vice president, director, 1963-1965. Secretary board directors New Haven Bureau Jewish Education, 1960-1963, treasurer, director, 1963-1965, Second vice president, 1965. Board directors New Haven Jewish Family Service, 1961-1965, Second vice president, 1965.
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member International Association Law Libraries, American Association Law Libraries (executive board 1951-1954, president 1963-1964, Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical award 1971, Distinguished Service award 1989), American, New York library associations, Special Libraries Association, Council National Library Associations (vice chairman), American Society Legal History, Beta Phi Museum.
Son of Barney and Helen (Samberg) B. M. Anne Goldstein, September 15, 1940. 1 daughter, Lorraine Ellen.