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Laurence Bedford Heilprin (1906-1993) explored fundamental aspects of information science throughout his career and "stimulated others to do research and attempt to discover the theoretical underpinnings of information science." (Farkas-Conn)
Life
Contribution
Heilprin worked at University of Maryland and Documentation Inc.
OTHER INFORMATION:
Major contribution according to Farkas-Conn was to set the stage for interest groups within ASIS; Worked under Clapp at the Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. (Taube's company); Prof., Univ. of Maryland; Along with Luhn, instrumental in bringing about ARIST; Atherton/Cochrane, Bourne, and Cuadra were the driving force for ARIST.
AWARDS:
ASIS Award of Merit
OFFICES:
ADI/ASIS Pres. 1964-65
Selected Publications
Papers
LOCATION #1: University of Maryland Library Archives, College Park, MD.
PAPERS DATES: 1936-1992
SIZE: 137 cu. ft.
INCLUDES: Papers not processed
SOURCE: Univ. of Maryland Library Special Collections online catalog