The Goldstein Era(1967-1985)
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Birth: Norfolk, Virginia, October 3, 1917.
Early years: Oldest child of Samuel and Jennie Michelson) Goldstein – sister, Mary (Schlesinger) – 2 years younger – parents divorced in 1922 – mother & children moved to Baltimore, Maryland.
High school: While in school he worked behind the soda fountain in Read’s Drug Store.
1ST JOB: Joined the US Army Air Force and reported to Ft. Meade, Maryland, then to Yale University for Officer’s Candidate School; - commissioned as a second lieutenant – served as a radar operator in Hampton, Virginia and in Boca Raton, Florida – discharged in late 1946.
Marriage: Julia S. Deutsch on November 4, 1943.
Graduate study: Enrolled in Library School at Columbia University – completed BLS in 1947 – immediately began work on a Master’s in Adult Education – MA from Columbia (1948) DOCTORAL PROGRAM: Worked as a Research Assistant and Teaching Associate at the Institute of Adult Education at Columbia (1948-49) while pursuing his doctorate – 1949, earned EdD in Adult Education.
1st professional positions: (1949-51) Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Duluth – (1951-53) directed the USIS Library Services, Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka – (1953-54) Visiting Assist. Prof., Univ. of Illinois substituting for Walter Stone who was on sabbatical – (1954-59) director of the Davenport (Iowa) Public Library – (1958-59) Vice-President and President elect of the Iowa Library Association – (1959) returned to the Grad. Lib. School, Univ. of Illinois, as an Assoc. Prof. – (1961) promoted to full professor – (1967) president of the Illinois Library Assoc.
Dean: (Sept. 1, 1967), appointed Dean and Prof. of the Library School at Fla. State Univ. – Served as president of ALISE – (1983-84) President, Fla. Lib. Assoc. – (Aug. 1985) stepped down as Dean (named Dean Emeritus) to return to full-time teaching as a full prof. and taught until Dec. 8, 1986, when he suffered a fatal heart attack.
Special Contributions: Established the first doctoral program in library science in the Southeast – added a post-master’s degree to the program. In 1978 he was successful in bringing to the School the largest federal program of its time, in our field, the “Leadership Training Institute,” to the School. He planned, developed, and won approval for a new building for the School, seeing it through to completion, with the assistance of Dr. Tom Hart as a co-coordinator. He also guided with the assistance of Dr. Hart, the first major revisions to the School’s curriculum. Nationally, Dr. Goldstein was a leader in developing the conceptualization and utilization of multi-media communications in libraries.
Last updated: 01:20, 13 November 2008 (UTC) by Steven Pfeil
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