Background
Tucker, John Mark Son of Paul Marlin and Edith Tucker.
Tucker, John Mark Son of Paul Marlin and Edith Tucker.
Bachelor, David Lipscomb College, 1967; Master of Library Science, George Peabody College Teachers, 1968; specialist in education, George Peabody College Teachers, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1983.
Head library, Freed-Hardeman College, Henderson, Tennessee, 1968-1971; reference library, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1973-1979; reference library, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1979-1982; assistant professor library science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1979-1985; associate professor library science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1985-1989; senior reference library Humanities, Social Science and Education Library., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1982-1990; professor library science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1989; library Humanities, Social Science and Education Library., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, since 1990. Grantee commission on institutional cooperative National Endowment for Humanities, 1991-1994.
Member American Library Association (chair Library. History Round Table 1993-1994), Sons of Confederate Veterans, Association for Bibliography of History, Association College and Research Libraries, Disciples of Christ History Society, Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Southern History Association, Friends of University Illinois Library., Phi Kappa Phi, Beta PhiMu.
Married Barbara Ann Wilson, March 22, 1968.