Background
Rush, James Edward was born on July 18, 1935 in Warrensburg, Missouri, United States. Son of Alexander Edward Rush and Verna Lavena Pollock.
Rush, James Edward was born on July 18, 1935 in Warrensburg, Missouri, United States. Son of Alexander Edward Rush and Verna Lavena Pollock.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Mathematics, Central Missouri State University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Missouri, 1962.
Assistant editor, organic index editing department Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, Ohio, 1962—1965, assistant head, chemical information procedures department, 1965—1967, technical liaison officer, 1967—1968. Adjunct professor, library and information science University of Illinois, Illinois, 1980—1983. President James E. Rush Associates, Inc., Powell, Ohio, 1969—1988.
Executive director PALINET, Philadelphia, 1988—1999. Adjunct professor, college of information science and technical Drexel University, since 2000. Assistant professor, computer and information science The Ohio State University, Columbus, 1965—1967, associate professor, computer and information science, 1969—1973, adjunct professor, computer and information science, 1973—1985.
Director research and development Online Computer Library. Center, Inc., Dublin, 1973—1980. Director of research Online Computer Library.
Center, 1980; adjunct professor, library and information science University of South Florida, Tampa, 1992—1997. Delaware, Pennsylvania governor's conference on library and information services Office of the Governor, Harrisburg, 1990. Chair, board of directors Pennsylvania Preservation Consortium, Philadelphia.
With Army National Guard, 1952-1960.
Member of American Chemical Society (chairman division of chemical literature 1973), American Society for Information Science and Technology (president 1994-1995, general chairman 1980-1982).
Married Delores Ann Lee, June 9, 1958. Children: Susan Diane Wittenauer, Pamela Elaine, Adam Jay, Jennifer Lee.