Background
Jim Dwyer was born on July 21, 1949 in Seattle, Washington, United States, in the family of William C. and Ellen D. Dwyer.
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Jim Dwyer was born on July 21, 1949 in Seattle, Washington, United States, in the family of William C. and Ellen D. Dwyer.
Jim received his bachelor’s in English and his master’s in library science from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1971 and 1973 retrospectively.
Prior to coming to California State University in Chico, he held library positions at the State University of New York at Albany, the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Northern Arizona University. Jim came to California State University, Chico, to work in the Meriam Library in May 1986 as the head of Bibliographic Services.
Jim was a prolific writer of scholarly works, poetry and reviews, with 16 scholarly articles in major journals, 19 literary studies, 84 book reviews in Library Journal, and numerous poems. Jim entered the Faculty Early Retirement Program in 2006 and completed his retirement in the 2010-2011 academic year.
According to his words, he is a Pantheist.
Jim describes himself as a Democrat, and a supporter of Green movement.
Jim was a constant presence at music events, meetings concerning social justice, protection of the environment and other issues and open mic opportunities, where he would share his poetry often using the moniker “Reverend Junkyard Moondog.” Jim was irrepressible, unmistakable, fearless, witty, iconoclastic, erudite and, perhaps most of all, joyful.
