James Constantine Damaskos

Background

Damaskos, James Constantine was born on February 22, 1924 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Constantine Demetrios and Matoula (Angel) Damaskos.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1946. Master of Library Science, Simmons College, 1950.

Career

Cataloguer Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, 1950-1952, senior subject cataloger, research assistant, 1952-1956. Head humanities division Worcester Free Public Library, Massachusetts, 1956-1958. Administrative assistant catalogue department Widener Library Harvard University, Cambridge, 1958-1963, library Littauer Library, 1963-1988, retired, 1988.

Instructor Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island, since 1983.

Achievements

• James Constantine Damaskos has been listed as a noteworthy librarian, translator, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Cambridge School of Ballet, 1961-1965.

Connections

Married Antonia Gerotheou, September 28, 1946 (divorced 1973). Children– Kassandra Matoula, Zoe Evangeline, Nike, Theodora Konstance, Penelope. Married Nancy Axtell Harlow, May 25, 1975.

Stepchildren: Leslie Smith, Jill Axtell.