Background
Day, Melvin Sherman was born on January 22, 1923 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Son of Israel and Frances (Goldberg) Day.
Day, Melvin Sherman was born on January 22, 1923 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Son of Israel and Frances (Goldberg) Day.
Bachelor of Science, Bates College, 1943. Postgraduate, University Tennessee, 1953—1954.
Chemist, Metal Hydrides Inc., Beverly, Massachusetts, 1943-1944;
chemist, Tennessee Eastman Corporation, Oak Ridge, 1944-1946;
science analyst, Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, 1946-1948;
assistant chief technical information service extension, Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, 1950-1956;
chief, Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, 1956-1958;
director technical information division, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, 1958-1960;
deputy director, Technology Information and Ednl. Programs Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1960-1961;
director Science and Technology Information division, Technology Information and Ednl. Programs Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1961-1967;
deputy assistant administrator technical utilization, Technology Information and Ednl.
Programs Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1967-1970;
head Office Science Information, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1970-1972;
deputy director, National Library. Medicine, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Bethesda, Maryland., 1972-1978;
director National Technology Information Svc., Department Commerce, 1978-1982;
vice president, Information Technology Group, 1982-1984;
vice president, Research Publs., 1984-1986;
senior vice president, Herner & Company, 1986-1988;
president, M. Day Cons. International, Inc., Arlington, since 1988;
executive vice president, BIIS Corporation, Herndon, 1991-1994;
executive vice president, GlobeNet Holding Corporation, 1994-1997.
Consultant International Atomic Energy Agency, 1960. Adviser Organization of European Cooperation and Development, 1970, 75. United States member Organization of European Cooperation and Development information policygroup.
United States member North Atlantic Treaty Organization Technology Information Panel, 1960-1970, 79-82, chairman, 1970. Chairman of Commission on science and technical information Federal Council, 1970-1972, Chairman of Commission on intergovernmental science relations, 1969-1970, chairman science information exchange advisory board, 1963-1969, member chemical abstracts advisory board, 1964-1968. Member Federal Library.
Committee, 1968-1978, chairman of the executive board, 1973-1975. Trustee Foundation Center 1972-1978, trustee emeritus, since 1991. United States member of advisory commission on libraries, documentation and archives United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
President abstracting board International Council Science Unions,1977-1983. Board directors International Council for Science and Technology Information, since 1983, Institute for International Information Programs, 1985-1988. Trustee Engineering Information, Inc., 1981-1984, board directors, 1993-1998.
Delegate numerous panels. Consultant, adviser and lecturer in field. Member of advisory committee Department of Health and Human Services Health Superior vena cava syndrome Research Dissemination and User Liaison, 1990-1992, also member dissemination committee.
Board visitors University Pittsburgh Graduate School Information Science, 1977-1983. With United States Army, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Federation Abstracting and Information Services (honorary fellow).
Member American Society Information Science (chairman international relations committee 1972-1975, president 1975-1976, council 1975-1977, editorial board bulletin 1977-1980), American Chemical Society, Special Library. Association, American Society Cybernetics (board directors 1975-1979), Venezuelan Academy of Sciences (honorary correspondent), International Council of Scientific and Technology Information (honorary, Distinguished Service award 1997), Cosmos Club.
Married Louisa Walker. Children: Cynthia Day Solganick, Wendy Day Young, Robert Marshall, Guy Carlton.