Laurence Bedford Heilprin

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)

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

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