Background
Burgan, John Sydney was born on September 25, 1930 in Baltimore.
Burgan, John Sydney was born on September 25, 1930 in Baltimore.
Bachelor, John Hopkins University, 1957. Master of Library Science, Rutgers University, 1959.
Principal librarian, Linden (New Jersey) Public Library, 1959-1962;
adult specialist, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, Maryland., 1962;
administrative assistant, branch, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, 1963;
assistant to assistant director, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, 1963-1965;
head county services, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, 1965-1967;
chief extension division, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, 1967-1973;
chief central library, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, 1973-1983;
chief librarian, Hartford (Connecticut) Public Library, 1984-1989. President Maryland. Library. Association, Baltimore, 1970-1971.
Member American Library Association/Reference and Adult Superior vena cava syndrome Division commission on Wilson Indexes, Bronx, 1985-1989, Connecticut State Advisory Council on Library. Planning and Development, Hartford, 1988-1989.
Trustee Stowe Day Foundation, Hartford, 1989. Corporator Hartford Hospital, 1985-1989. Member American Library Association, Connecticut Library Association, New England Library Association, John Hopkins Club, Beta Phi Museum.
S Harry Clark and Ethel Huntington (Fox) B. Married Anne Shaw; stepchildren: Sarah Siskin, Martha Shaw.