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Russell Shank was an American actor and director. He was born in Spokane, Washington, and attended the University of Washington. He began his career in the theater, appearing in productions of "The Glass Menagerie" and "The Rainmaker" in Seattle. He moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and began appearing in television shows such as "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" and "The Donna Reed Show". He also appeared in films such as "The War Wagon" and "The Undefeated". Shank was married to actress and singer Joi Lansing from 1959 until her death in 1972. He later married actress and singer Jo Ann Pflug in 1975. Shank was a prolific director, helming episodes of "The Waltons", "The Rockford Files", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "The Bionic Woman", "The Incredible Hulk", "The A-Team", "Magnum, P.I.", "Knight Rider", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "The Fall Guy", "Simon & Simon", "Murder, She Wrote", "Matlock", "Walker, Texas Ranger", and "JAG". Shank died on April 8, 2013, at the age of 86. He was survived by his wife, Jo Ann Pflug, and his two children, Michael and Jennifer.

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Occupation Librarian
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 2 September, 1926
Birthday 2 September
Birthplace Spokane, Washington, US
Date of death (2012-06-26)
Died Place Irvine, California, US
Nationality United States

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1978

Shank served as President of the American Library Association from 1978 to 1979. Shank was instrumental in forming FEDLINK (the Federal Library and Information Network) and advocated to make Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights part of the American Library Association's policy.

1925

Russell Shank (September 2, 1925 – June 26, 2012) was an American librarian. Shank studied electrical engineering at the University of Washington and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1946. He went on to receive a bachelor's in librarianship in 1949, also from the University of Washington. Shank went on to receive a master's in business administration from the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate in library science from Columbia University. He served as an assistant university librarian at the University of California Berkeley from 1959 to 1964 and was a member of the faculty of the Columbia University library school. Shank was the first director of libraries at the Smithsonian Institution from 1968 to 1977. In 1977, he was named chief librarian at the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) until he retired from that position in 1989. He was succeeded by Gloria Werner. Shank was also a professor emeritus in UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.