Background
Brian, Ray was born in 1924 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Herman Otto and Hildegard Breihan K.
Brian, Ray was born in 1924 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Herman Otto and Hildegard Breihan K.
Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1949. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1952. Bachelor of Liberal Studies, University California, Berkeley, 1953.
Post graduate, University California, Berkeley, 1960. Post graduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1953—1955.
Library. Research and Development Lear, Inc., Santa Monica, California, 1954—1955. Personnel analyst State Personnel Board, Sacramento, 1955—1957. Probation officer Contra Costa County, Richmond, 1957—1961.
Research library Hyman Labs, Berkeley, 1961—1963. Library California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 1963. Lecturer University California, Berkeley, 1968—1969.
With United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Member of American Library Association, Special Library Association (president 1971-1972), California Library Association, American Psychological Association, California Academy of Sciences, California Library Schools Alumni Association 1970, Helen Crocker Russell Library Committee, Strybing Arboretum Society, Book Club California (board director since 1983).