Background
Bennett, Scott Boyce was born on July 22, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Preston Theodore Bennett and Viola Louise (Scott) Mayberry.
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Scott Boyce Bennett, American librarian, consultant. Woodrow Wilson National fellow 1960-1961, Indiana University Dissertation Year fellow, Haskell fellow, 1966-1967, University Illinois Faculty fellow, 1969, Honorary Visiting Research fellow Victorian Studies Center University Leicester, England, 1979, American Council Learned Societies fellow, 1978-1979.
Education
AB magna cum laude, Oberlin College, 1960. Master of Arts in English, Indiana University, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in English, Indiana University, 1967.
Master of Science in Library. Science, University Illinois, 1976.
Career
Woodrow Wilson teaching intern St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville, Virginia, 1964-1965. Assistant professor English University Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1967-1974, from instructor to assistant professor to associate professor library administration, 1974-1981. Assistant library collection management Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1989.
Director Milton S. Eisenhower Library. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1989-1994. University library Yale University, New Haven, 1994-2001.
Project worker Council Indiana Colleges and Council on Library and Information Resources, 2001—2009.
Achievements
Membership
Advisory panel library and archival preservation Illinois State Library., advisory board Illinois State Archives. Review panelist National Endowment of the Humanities. Chair project Research Libraries Group.
Principal state-wide preservation planning Maryland. Member American Association of University Professors (president, secretary Urbana-Champaign chapter 1975-1978, various other offices), Research Society Victorian Periodicals (executive board 1971-1973, president 1977-1982).
Connections
Married Carol Jean Glass, June 20, 1960. Children: Beth Louise, Theodore David, Myron Richard, Kristellen Anne.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1960
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1966
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1967
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1976
Career
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1964 - 1965
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1967 - 1974
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1981 - 1989
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1989 - 1994
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1994 - 2001
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2001 - 2009
Awards
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Woodrow Wilson National fellow 1960-1961, Indiana University Dissertation Year fellow, Haskell fellow, 1966-1967, University Illinois Faculty fellow, 1969, Honorary Visiting Research fellow Victorian Studies Center University Leicester, England, 1979, American Council Learned Societies fellow, 1978-1979.Woodrow Wilson National fellow 1960-1961, Indiana University Dissertation Year fellow, Haskell fellow, 1966-1967, University Illinois Faculty fellow, 1969, Honorary Visiting Research fellow Victorian Studies Center University Leicester, England, 1979, American Council Learned Societies fellow, 1978-1979.