Robert Preston Kinchen

Background

Kinchen, Robert Preston was born on March 12, 1933 in New Orleans. Son of Edward Preston and Ann Lou (Sutton) Kinchen.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern State College Louisiana, 1956; Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1966.

Career

Public service librarian, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, 1960-1969; assistant to associate director, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1969-1972; associate director, Rochester (New York) Public Library, 1972-1976; director, Onondaga Public Library, Syracuse, New York, from 1976.

Achievements

• Robert Preston Kinchen has been listed as a noteworthy Library director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Laubach Literacy International. Board directors Northeast Community Center lst lieutenant United States Army, l956-60. Member New York Library Association (president public libraries section 1981), American Library Association, University Club of Syracuse.

Connections

Married Christine Rogers, November 19, 1973.

Father:

Edward Preston Kinchen

Mother:

Ann Lou (Sutton) Kinchen

Spouse:

Christine Rogers