Frederick Herbert Wagman (October 12, 1912 – November 30, 1994) was an American librarian and president of the
American Library Association from 1963 to 1964.
Wagman was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from
Amherst College
Amherst College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zephaniah Swift Moore, Amherst is the third oldest institution of higher educatio ...
in 1933 before attending
Columbia University where he earned both master's and a doctorate degree in 1934 and 1942 respectively. While studying for his doctorate, he taught at the
University of Minnesota. In 1945, Wagman joined the
Library of Congress as Acting Director of Personnel and of Administrative Services. He served in several roles at the Library of Congress before leaving to be Director of the
University of Michigan Library and a professor of Library Science in 1953. He retired from the university in 1982.
Wagman also served on the
President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, a Commission that the United States Congress funded and was set up by President
Lyndon B. Johnson to study pornography in 1969.
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1912 births
1994 deaths
American librarians
Presidents of the American Library Association
University of Michigan faculty
Librarians at the Library of Congress
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