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)
Life
Contribution
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