Background
Minder, Thomas Leo was born on April 23, 1925 in Pawnee, Illinois, United States. Son of Manford Aloysius and Neva Elizabeth (White) Minder.
Minder, Thomas Leo was born on April 23, 1925 in Pawnee, Illinois, United States. Son of Manford Aloysius and Neva Elizabeth (White) Minder.
Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1983.
Engineering librarian Pennsylvania State University, State College, 1956-1963. Systems analyst International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Washington, 1963-1966. Associate director libraries University Pittsburgh, 1966-1975.
Visiting professor Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 1972-1974, Jilin University of Technology, Chungchun, Peoples Republican China, 1986. Associate professor University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1975-1980, DePaul University, Chicago, since 1985. Professor Joliet (Illinois) Junior College, 1980-1985.
Consultant Minister of Culture, Turkey, 1973-1974, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1986, Minister for Maching Building, Chungchun, 1986.
Member Park Forest (Illinois) Library Board, 1983.
Married Gay Mary Warren, December 20, 1947 (divorced). Children: Kathleen, John, James, Richard, Thomas, Janet, Mark, Gary. Married H. Claire Oaks, January 20, 1980.