Background
Phipps, Michael Charles was born on July 6, 1944 in Boone, Iowa, United States. Son of Russell Lowell and Margaret Jeanne (Lepley) Phipps.
Phipps, Michael Charles was born on July 6, 1944 in Boone, Iowa, United States. Son of Russell Lowell and Margaret Jeanne (Lepley) Phipps.
Bachelor in English, University Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1966. Master of Library Science, University Iowa, 1969.
Teacher English,, Des Moines Technology High School, 1966-1967;
director, Cattermole Memorial Library, Fort Madison, Iowa., 1969-1972;
director, Waterloo Public Library, Iowa., 1972-1983;
director, Omaha Public Library, 1983-1992. Board of directors Mississippi Valley Film Cooperative, Quincy, Illinois, 1970-1972, Films-for-Iowa Library Media Services, 1974-1976. Member Nebraska Advisory Council onLibraries, 1984.
Member Iowa Governor's Advisory Council on Library Services, 1976-1982.
Co-founder Friends of Waterloo Public Library, 1976. Member Black Hawk County Democratic Central Committee, Waterloo, 1979-1982. Board directors Friends of Stations KHKE/KUNI, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1982-1983.
Member American Library Association (council 1975-1979), Nebraska Library Association (president public library section 1986), Mountain/Plains Library Association, Iowa Urban Public Library Association (secretary 1978-1983), American Civil Liberties Union, Metropolitan Opera Guild.
Married Margaret Mary Skold, October 3, 1964 (divorced 1980). Children: Michael Anthony, Sarah Jeanne.
