Background
Fortson, Judith Lee was born on January 6, 1943 in Summerville, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Julien Fulton and Mary Josephine (Thronton) Fortson.
Fortson, Judith Lee was born on January 6, 1943 in Summerville, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Julien Fulton and Mary Josephine (Thronton) Fortson.
Bachelor, Baylor University, 1965. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1968.
Instructor English Concordia College, Austin, Texas, 1972-1976. Conservation specialist Nebraska State History Society, 1977-1983. Head library western languages collection, preservation services Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, 1983-1991.
Consultant National Association Government Archives and Records Administrators Preservation Planning Project, 1989-1990, Library. of Congress, 1989, Library. of University Oregon, 1988, Society of America ARchivists Conservation Survey Program, 1982-1983, Sioux Falls College, 1982. Instructor Western Archives Institute, Los Angeles, since 1989, 90, Stanford University, 1985, University Texas, Austin, 1983. Guest instructor history department University Nebraska, 1982-1983.
Supervisor intern program experiental education University Nebraska, 1982. Grant reviewer Department Education, 1993, National Endowment of the Humanities, 1986, 90, 92, National History Publications and Records Commission, Institute Museum Services.
Member American Library Association, Society American Archivists (chair nominating committee 1992, member task force on standards 1989-1990, standards board 1990-1993, vice-chair conservation section 1988-1990, member of advisory committee for revision of Severe aplastic anemia basic glossary 1988-1989, member interim board on certified 1989, program committee 1984, instructor, advisory board member preservation management training program 1992-1994, instructor numerous programs 1981-1986), Special Libraries Association.
Married Hardy Eugene Jones, August 15, 1965 (divorced 1979). 1 child, Hardy Ryan; married Frederick Irwin Dretske, May 14, 1988.