Background
Galvin, Thomas John was born on December 30, 1932 in Arlington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas John and Elizabeth (Rossiter) Galvin.
information science policy educator and librarian
Galvin, Thomas John was born on December 30, 1932 in Arlington, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas John and Elizabeth (Rossiter) Galvin.
AB, Columbia University, 1954. Master of Science, Simmons College, Boston, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Res University, 1973.
Reference library Boston University, 1954-1956. Director Abbot Public Library., Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1956-1959. Assistant director Simmons College Library., 1959-1962.
Associate director, professor School Library. Science, 1962-1974; dean, professor School Library and Information Science, University Pittsburgh, 1974-1985. Executive director American Library.
Association, Chicago, 1985-1989. Professor information science and policy, director information science doctoral program State University of New York at Albany, 1989-1999, professor emeritus, 1999. Graduate fellow Case Western Res University, 1965-1966.
External examiner University Ibadan, Nigeria, 1976-1978. Trustee Thayer Public Library., Braintree, Massachusetts, 1973-1974. Faculty fellow Center for Technology in Government State University of New York, Albany.
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Member American Library Association (president 1979-1980, Executive Board, county. Past president library education division, Isadore Gilbert Mudge award 1972), Association for Library. and Information Science Education, American Society for Information Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Phi Museum.
Married Marie C. Schumb, November 24, 1956. 1 child, Siobhan Marie Wee.