Richard Hume Werking

Background

Richard Hume Werking was born on September 29, 1943, in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. He is a son of F. Woody and Mary S. (Prissinger) Werking.

Education

Richard Hume Werking studied at the University of Evansville where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received there a Master of Arts degree in 1967 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1973. Werking also received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago.

Career

Richard Hume Werking started his career as an instructor of history at Northland College in 1967 and held this post until 1968. In 1975 he became an assistant professor and reference librarian at Lawrence University. Werking left Lawrence University in 1977 and took up a post of an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi. He also held the position of Head of the reference department at the University of Mississippi from 1979 to 1980 and as an acting director of university libraries at the University of Mississippi from 1980 to 1981.

In 1981 Werking became associate director of collections development at the university library and assistant professor at Trinity University. In 1983 he was appointed library director and held this post until 1991. He also worked as a director of Nimitz Library and associate dean for information and professor of history at the United States Naval Academy. Richard Hume Werking published his book The Master Architects: Building the United States Foreign Service, 1890-1913 in 1977. He also was a contributor to periodicals, including Shipmate and College and Research Libraries.

Achievements

• Richard Hume Werking is an American educator, historian, librarian and writer, who is famous for his book The Master Architects: Building the United States Foreign Service 1890–1913, that won the second place Frederick Jackson Turner Prize competition.

Works

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  • The Master Architects: Building the United States Foreign Service 1890–1913

    (During the twenty years before World War I, several key f...)

    1977

Membership

Richard Werking is a member of the Organization of American Historians, American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Library Administration and Management Association, Library History Roundtable, Resources and Technical Services Division, Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians.

Connections

Father:

F. Woody Werking

Mother:

Mary S. Prissinger