Background
Mulkey, Jack Clarendon was born on October 31, 1939 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Jack Youmans and Hilda Lillian (Beatty) Mulkey.
Mulkey, Jack Clarendon was born on October 31, 1939 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. Son of Jack Youmans and Hilda Lillian (Beatty) Mulkey.
Bachelor, Centenary College, 1961. Postgraduate (Rotary scholar), University Dijon, France, 1962. Postgraduate (Rotary scholar), Duke University Law School, 1963.
Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1969.
Junior executive, Lykes Brothers S.S. Company, 1964-1966; assistant director admissions, Centenary College of Louisiana, 1966-1967; head reference services and acquisitions, Shreveport Public Library, 1968-1971; director, Green Gold Library System of N.W. Louisiana, 1971-1973; management consultant, Mississippi Library Commission, 1973-1974; assistant director, Mississippi Library Commission, 1974-1976; director, Mississippi Library Commission, 1976-1978; director, Jackson Metropolitan Library System, 1978-1985; associate director, Arkansas State Library, since 1986; Adjunct Professor, University of Southern Mississippi Graduate School Library Science, since 1979. Treasurer, board directors Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET), 1985-1986. Consultant in field; member White House Conference Taskforce on Libraries and Info.Services, since 1980.
Chairman Mississippi Governors Conference on Libraries, 1979. Chairman Mississippi delegation White House Conference on Libraries, 1979. Honorary delegate White House Conference on Libraries, 1991.
Served with United States Air Force, 1963-1964. Member American Library Association (chairman state library agency section 1995-1997), Southeastern Library. Association (board directors since 1994), Mississippi Library.
Association (president 1981-1982), Arkansas Library. Association (executive board directors since 1994), Chief Officers of State Library. Agencies, Phi Alpha Delta, Beta Phi Mu, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Mary Lynn Shepherd, January 30, 1971. 1 child, Mary Clarendon.