Background
Banister, John Robert was born on February 5, 1912 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Son of John Lansing and Agnes (Bell) Banister.
Banister, John Robert was born on February 5, 1912 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Son of John Lansing and Agnes (Bell) Banister.
Associate of Arts, Bay City (Michigan) Junior College, 1934. Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1936. Bachelor of Science in Library Science, University of Illinois, 1937.
Anne (Mistress Edmund Alan Attebury, Junior). Assistant reference librarian Michigan State Library, Lansing 1936-1941. Order librarian, technical library Tennessee Valley Authority, 1942-1944.
Extension librarian Lansing Public Library, 1944-1946.
Regional librarian Illinois State Library, Mount Carmel, 1946-1948. Public library consultant general extension division U. Florida, 1948-1950.
Director libraries Chattahooches Valley Regional Library, Columbus, Georgia, 1951-1977. Consultant in field, 1960-1980.
Delaware Assembly Libraries of Americas, 1946.
Chairman junior members round table Michigan library association, 1941, Illinois library association, 1946. Chairman Muscogee County (Georgia) chapter American Heart Association, 1952, Community Services Association Columbus, 1956-1958. Board directors Columbus Symphony Guild, 1962-1980, Columbus United Givers, 1957-1959.
Member American (council 1940-1941, chairman junior members round table 1946), Georgia (vice president 1960), Southeastern (chairman public libraries sect, 1948) library associations. Rotarian (director Columbus since 1963). Club: Columbus Country.
Married Nancy Simpson, September 9, 1944.