Richard Gibson Hensley

Background

Hensley, Richard Gibson was born on June 16, 1903 in Tennessee, United States. Son of John William and Blanche (Dromgoole) Hensley.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1929. Columbia School of Library Service, summer 1929. Graduate study Harvard, 1929-1932.

Career

Reference assistant Library of Congress, 1920-1927, New York Public Library, 1927-1929. With Boston Public Library since 1929 as assistant to director, 1929-1933, assistant librarian, 1933-1934, chief librarian of the reference division since 1934, lecturer library training class since 1929. Lieutenant colonel, Corps Engineers, United States Army.

With staff, Chief of Engineers, Washington, District of Columbia, 1942-1943.

Staff and Faculty, The Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1943-1944. With United States Group Control, Austria, and Allied Commission, 1945-1946.

Achievements

• Richard Gibson Hensley has been listed as a noteworthy librarian. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American library association, Bibliographical Society, America, Bibliographical Society of England, Reserve Officers Association, Society American Military Engineers, Special Libraries Association, Association College and Reference Libraries, Reserve Officers Association (member of council Massachusetts department, 1947-1949. Member Executive Board, Boston chapter, 1946-1949). Charitable Irish Society, Hancock, (New Hampshire) History Society, American Legion, Military Order World Wars, Veterans Foreign Wars.

Clubs: Appalachian Mountain, Harvard (Boston).

Connections

Married Henrietta Barr, March 14, 1927.

Father:

John William Hensley

Mother:

Blanche (Dromgoole) Hensley

Spouse:

Henrietta Barr