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Downs, Robert Bingham was born on May 25, 1903 in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States. Son of John McLeod and Clara Catherine (Hartley) Downs.
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Downs, Robert Bingham was born on May 25, 1903 in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States. Son of John McLeod and Clara Catherine (Hartley) Downs.
Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, 1926. Doctor of Laws, University North Carolina, 1949. Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1927.
Master of Science, Columbia University, 1929. Doctor of Letters, Colby College, 1944. DLS, University Toledo, 1953.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Ohio State University, 1963. Doctor of Humane Letters, Southern Illinois University, 1970. Doctor of Letters, University Illinois, 1973.
Assistant, U. North Carolina Library, 1922-1926;
Assistant, New York Public Library, 1927-1929;
librarian, Colby College, Waterville, Maine., 1929-1931;
assistant librarian, U. North Carolina, 1931-1932;
librarian and associate professor library science, U. North Carolina, 1932-1934;
librarian, professor, U. North Carolina, 1934-1938;
director libraries, New York University, 1938-1943;
director, Library and Library School
professor library science, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1943-1958;
dean library administration, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1958-1971;
dean emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1971. Associate Columbia School Library Service, 1942-1943. Consultant Kabul U., Afghanistan, 1963.
Adviser U. Tunis, 1973. Chairman American Library Association Board on Resources American Libraries, 1939-1942, 45-50. President Association College and Reference Libraries, 1940-1941.
Special consultant civil information and education section Supreme Command Allies Pacific, Japan, 1948, 1950. Visiting chief Union Catalog Division. Consultant in bibliography Libraryof Congress, 1949.
Adviser National Library and National U. Mexico, 1952. Library adviser to Turkish Government, 1955, 68, 71. Visiting professor U. Toronto, 1974.
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Member American Library Association (1st vice president 1951-1952, president 1952-1953), Illinois Library Association (president 1955-1956), Southeastern Library Association, American Association of University Professors, Authors League American, Society Midland Authors, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Phi Mu, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Dial (Urbana). Caxton (Chicago). Lodges: Rotary.
Married Elizabeth Crooks, August 17, 1929 (deceased September 13, 1982). Children: Clara Downs Keller, Mary Roberta Downs Andre. Married Jane Bliss Wilson, September 16, 1983.