Robert Max Willocks

Background

Willocks, Robert Max was born on October 1, 1924 in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Willis Lemuel and Hannah (Emert) Willocks.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Maryville College, 1949; Bachelor of Divinity, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, 1951; Master of Theology, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, 1962; Master of Arts in Library Science, Peabody College, 1962.

Career

Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1950. Pastor in California, 1950-1956. Missionary to Korea Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board, Taejon, 1956-1965.

Associate director library Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, 1965-1967. Director library Columbia College, South Carolina, 1967-1970. Assistant director libraries Syracuse University, New York, 1970-1976.

Associate director libraries University Florida, Gainesville, 1976-1983, acting director libraries, 1983-1984, deputy director libraries, 1984-1989, retired, 1989. Pastor Northwood Baptist Church, 1981-1992. Library Baptist Theological Seminary, Lusaka, Zambia, 1994-1997, Ghana Baptist Seminary, Kumasi, 1998—2006.

Acting director Florida Center for Library. Automation, 1984; consultant Choong Chung Nam Province Library Association, Republic of Korea, 1962—1965. Director Korea Baptist Press, 1959—1961.

Professor church history Korea Baptist Seminary, 1957—1965, acting president, 1958—1959, librarian, 1959—1965. Vice chairman Korea Baptist Mission, 1962—1964. Delegate Florida Governor's Conference on Libraries, 1978.

Achievements

• Robert Max Willocks has been listed as a noteworthy librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman trustees Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Pusan, Korea, 1963-1965. President board directors Phoenix Homeowners Association, 1980-1988. Relief worker, Kenya, Turkey, Peru, 2007.

With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Library Association (chairman telefacsimile committee 1976-1978, technical committee 1980-1984, chairman standards committee 1985-1988), Florida Library. Association, Southeastern Library Association, American Association of University Professors, Peabody College Alumni Association (president South Carolina 1968-1969).

Connections

Married Neysa Nerene Ferguson, May 23, 1947. Children– Margret Sharon, Samuel David, Mark Timothy, Robert Daniel, Kent Max.

Father:

Willis Lemuel Willocks

Mother:

Hannah (Emert) Willocks

Spouse:

Neysa Nerene Ferguson

child:

Margret Sharon Willocks

child:

Robert Daniel Willocks

child:

Kent Max Willocks

child:

Mark Timothy Willocks

child:

Samuel David Willocks