Don Swanson
1924-2012
Life
For additional biographical information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Swanson
An obituary for him may be found at: http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/12/06/don-r-swanson-information-science-pioneer-1924-2012
Relevant Employment
- Thompson Ramo Wooldridge
- University of Chicago Graduate Library School
Contributions
Swanson was a mathematician who developed an interest in library and information science. He worked at: Research, TRW Inc. 1955-63; Dean (1963-72/1977-79), and Prof., of the Graduate Library School, Univ. of Chicago. He completed early research and development work on library catalogs. He was involved in early operations research work.
Awards
- Award of Merit, ASI
Offices
Papers
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