David Winston Heron (March 29, 1920January 8, 2009) was an American librarian.

Early life and education

Heron was born March 29, 1920. He attended Pomona College, graduating in 1942, and subsequently served in the U.S. Army Infantry in Europe during World War II. He obtained a Bachelor of Library Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1948 and a

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degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1951.

Career

Heron worked at several libraries in his early career, including at the University of California, Los Angeles, the American Embassy in Tokyo, Japan,

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, the Hoover Institution, and the

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. In 1961, he became the director of libraries at the University of Nevada, Reno. He also served as the president of the Nevada Library Association from 1964 to 1966. In 1968, he moved to the

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to serve as its director of libraries. In 1974, he moved again to become the university librarian of the University of California, Santa Cruz, a position he retained until his retirement.

References

American librarians Pomona College alumni University of California, Berkeley School of Information alumni UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies alumni 1920 births 2009 deaths United States Army personnel of World War II {{DEFAULTSORT:Heron, David