Background
Baehr, William Frederick Otto was born on September 12, 1899 in at Dorchester, Wisconsin on. Son of Otto and Louise (Theel) Baehr.
Baehr, William Frederick Otto was born on September 12, 1899 in at Dorchester, Wisconsin on. Son of Otto and Louise (Theel) Baehr.
Student Concordia College, Milwaukee, 1913-1919, Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis, 1919-1924. Bachelor of Library Science, University of Illinois, 1927, Master of Arts, 1930. Fellow graduate library school University of Chicago, 1930-1933.
Acting librarian Concordia Seminary, 1924-1926. Assistant library order department University of Illinois, 1927-1929, assistant loan department, 1929-1930. Librarian Augustana College and Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Illinois, 1933-1943.
Director Kansas State University Library, 1943-1959, general assistant, 1960-1964, reference librarian, 1956-1970.
Member Manhattan Board Education, 1955-1963. Member Concordia History Institute, American Library Association, Illinois (president 1938), Kansas (president 1948), Mountain Plains library associations, Faculty Wranglers (president 1968-1971), Pi Kappa Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Sigma Psi, Beta Phi Mu, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Edith Moecker, August 24, 1927. Children: William Frederick Moecker, David Jonathan Arthur, Nancy Miriam Edith, Sandra Elizabeth, Gratia Linnea.