John Orville Bronson

Background

Bronson, John Orville was born on April 6, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Orville and Elinor (Sutherland) Bronson.

Education

Student Northeast Mississippi Junior College, 1957-1959. Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State University, 1961. Master of Library Science, U. Mississippi, 1965.

Career

1 stepson, Richard Wayne McCoy. Children— Victoria Patricia Elizabeth, Glenn Charles. Field secretary Mississippi Library Commission, 1961-1963.

Field secretary Acacia National Fraternity, 1963-1965.

Instructor U. Mississippi, 1965-1966. Head librarian Calhoun Junior College, Decatur, Alabama, 1965-1967, Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, Maryland., 1967-1982.

Telecommunications specialist, 1982-1991. Coordinator Media Technology, 1991.

President Wye Milling Company, Incorporated.

Historiographer, Easton Diocese, Episcopal Church, 1980-1983. President Talbot County Democratic Club, 1984-1985.

Achievements

• John Orville Bronson has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with United States Air Force Reserve, 1955-1963. Member American Library Association, Maryland., Alabama, Alabama Junior College (founder, president 1966-1967) library associations, Maryland. Association.Jr. Colleges, Congress Academy Librarians, Old Wye Mill Society (treasurer), Society for Preservation Maryland.

Antiquities (director), Upper Shore Genealogical Society(founder), Acacia.

Mason (Shriner).

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Packer, June 11, 1963. Children: Victoria Patricia Elizabeth, Glenn Charles.

Father:

John Orville Bronson

Mother:

Elinor (Sutherland) Bronson

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Packer

child:

Victoria Patricia Elizabeth Bronson

child:

Glenn Charles Bronson