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'''Laurence Bedford Heilprin''' (1906-1993) theorized information science. | |||
[[File:Heilprin.png|thumb]] | [[File:Heilprin.png|thumb]] | ||
== Life == | == 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/ | '''Laurence Bedford Heilprin''' was born in 1906. | ||
Major contribution according to Farkas-Conn was to set the stage for interest groups within '''[[American Society for Information Science|ASIS]]'''; Worked under '''[[Verner Warren Clapp|Clapp]]''' at the Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. ('''[[Mortimer Taube|Taube]]'''<nowiki/>'s company); Prof., Univ. of Maryland; Along with '''[[Hans Peter Luhn|Luhn]]''', instrumental in bringing about ARIST; '''[[Pauline Atherton Cochrane|Cochrane]]''', '''[[Charles Percy Bourne|Bourne]]''', and '''[[Carlos Albert Cuadra|Cuadra]]''' were the driving force for ARIST. | |||
Heilprin served as a professor of math and physics at Northwestern University prior to coming to Maryland in 1967 and remained until his retirement in 1976; he was professor emeritus at the time of his death. | |||
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 == | == Contribution == | ||
Heilprin | Heilprin 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. | ||
== Publications == | |||
== Offices == | |||
*[[ASIST|American Documentation Institute]]. President, 1964-65 | |||
== Awards == | |||
*[[ASIST|American Documentation Institute]]. Award of Merit, 1976. | |||
== Further reading == | |||
*Roderer, Nancy. "In memoriam: Laurence B. Heilprin, 1906–1993." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 44, no 10 (Dec 1993): 555-556. | |||
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== Papers == | == Papers == | ||
'''LOCATION #1:''' University of Maryland University Libraries (College Park, MD) | '''LOCATION #1:''' University of Maryland University Libraries (College Park, MD) | ||
[https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158] | |||
Revision as of 16:12, 14 April 2025
Laurence Bedford Heilprin (1906-1993) theorized information science.
Life
Laurence Bedford Heilprin was born in 1906. 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. Heilprin served as a professor of math and physics at Northwestern University prior to coming to Maryland in 1967 and remained until his retirement in 1976; he was professor emeritus at the time of his death. An obituary is available at [1]
Contribution
Heilprin 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.
Publications
Offices
- American Documentation Institute. President, 1964-65
Awards
- American Documentation Institute. Award of Merit, 1976.
Further reading
- Roderer, Nancy. "In memoriam: Laurence B. Heilprin, 1906–1993." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 44, no 10 (Dec 1993): 555-556.
Papers
LOCATION #1: University of Maryland University Libraries (College Park, MD) [2]