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An obituary is available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/ | |||
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Revision as of 21:18, 27 September 2023
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
An obituary is available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/
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; 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 University Libraries (College Park, MD)
PAPERS DATES: 1936-1992
SIZE: 137.25 linear feet
INCLUDES: Unprocessed, but preliminary inventories available at https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158
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SOURCE: https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158