Background
Kirks, James Harvey was born on September 16, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of James Harvey Senior and Grace Edna (Whitney) Kirks.
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James Harvey Kirks
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Associate of Arts, Compton College, 1957; Associate of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1958; Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1959; Master of Science in Liberal Studies, University of Southern California, 1962.
Career
Head of reference, circulation and audiovisual, City of Inglewood (California) Public Library., 1962; head of extension services, City of Inglewood (California) Public Library., 1964-1966; director public services, Arcadia (California) Public Library., 1966-1970; city librarian, Port Angeles (Washington) Public Library., 1970-1973; director, North Olympic Library. System, Port Angeles, 1973-1975; coordinator, North State Cooperative Library. System, Willows, California, since 1975.
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Membership
President United Way, Clallum County, Washington, 1973, Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, 1975, Faith Lutheran Church, Chico, California, 1981-1982. With Signal corpus, United States army, 1962-1964, France. Member American Library Association (various committees), California Library.
Association (various committees), Congress of California Public Library. System (president 1980s), Aid Association for Luths. (president branch since 1990), Rotary International (board directors 1974).
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Married Barbara Aileen Barry, June 1962 (divorced July 1982). Children: Cara Lynn, Laura Lee.
