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Lester Asheim was born on 22 January, 1914 in Spokane, Washington, is an educator. Discover Lester Asheim's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Occupation Librarian, educator
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 22 January, 1914
Birthday 22 January
Birthplace Spokane, Washington, US
Date of death (1997-07-01) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Died Place Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US
Nationality United States

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1997

Asheim died on July 1, 1997, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Library and Science department at the University Of North Carolina has created a scholarship fund in his name.

1979

In 1979, in honor of Asheim's 65th birthday, the festschrift, a collection of articles written in his honor, As Much to Learn as to Teach was published.

1949

When the United States entered World War II, Asheim joined the Army Signal Corps for three years. After his tour of duty, Asheim attended the University of Chicago. He earned his Ph.D in Librarianship from the University's graduate program in 1949.

1948

Asheims' first faculty position was at the University of Chicago, which started in 1948 while he was still attaining his Ph.D. He became dean in 1952 and held the position until he left the school in 1961. From 1961 until 1971 he held two different positions with the American Library Association (ALA). His first was Director of International relations until 1966, then he moved on to be the Director of the ALA's office for library education. Asheim left the ALA in 1971 to return to the University of Chicago as a faculty member. In 1975 he accepted a position as a faculty member at the University of North Carolina. He remained at the School of Information and Library Science until his retirement in 1984. His papers are archived at the Southern Historical Collection of the Wilson Library on the University of North Carolina at the Chapel Hill campus

1914

Lester Eugene Asheim (January 22, 1914 – July 1, 1997) was an American librarian and scholar of library science. He was on the faculty of the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina and held positions in the American Library Association (ALA). He was included among the "100 most important leaders we had in the 20th century" by the American Library Association.

Lester Asheim was born on January 22, 1914 in Spokane, Washington. His family moved to Seattle, which is where he grew up until he went to the University of Washington. While there he earned two undergraduate degrees, one in English in 1936, and another in Librarianship in 1937. He also earned his Masters in American literature in 1941 from the same institution.