University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences: Preparing Professionals for the Information Century
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1925-1952

1952 - 1972

1973 - 1987

1987 - 1995

1996 - 2004

Additional Historical Notes

Faculty, Alumni, and Student Awards

Former and Current Faculty Photos


 

 

The School of Library and Information Sciences:

A Brief History: Directors and Deans, Faculty,

and Endowed Funds

 


Directors and Deans, Faculty, and Endowed Funds

 

DIRECTORS AND DEANS

William Stanley Hoole, Director, 1939-1944

Arthur Sampley, Director, 1944-53

David A. Webb, Director, 1953-1967

C. Glenn Sparks, Dean, 1967-1972

David A. Webb, Interim Dean 1972-1973

Dewey E. Carroll, Dean, 1973-1987

Raymond F. Von Dran, Dean, 1987-1995

James Miller, Interim Dean, 1995 -1996

Herman Totten, Interim Dean 1996-1997

Philip Turner, Dean, 1996-2004

Samantha Hastings, Interim Dean, 2004 to date

 

FACULTY

Lady Kate Medders, 1935/36-1953

William Stanley Hoole, 1939-1944

Robert R. Douglass, 1940s

Kenneth Hunt, 1940s

Dorothy M. Thomas, 1941-1976

Elaine Cunningham, 1940s

Elaine Ledlow, 1947-1951, 1965-1977

Sarah Law Kennerly, 1951-1977

Arthur Sampley, 1944-1953

David A. Webb, 1953-1981

Paul Kruse, 1965-1977

C. Glenn Sparks, 1967-1972

Margaret Irby Nichols, 1968-1996

           (Visiting 1956-67)

Jane Poole, 1968-1971

Drucilla Motley, 1971-1974

Rodney Hutton, 1972-1974

John Corbin, 1973-1977, 1987-1995

J. Hamilton Monroe, 1974-1980

Frederick C. Pfister, 1974-1976

Kenneth L. Ferstl, 1970-72, 1978-85,

           1987-1996

Dewey E. Carroll, 1973-1997

Herman L. Totten, 1977 to date

Doralyn Hickey, 1977 until her

           death in 1987

Donald B. Cleveland, 1977-2004

Katherine Cveljo, 1977-1988

James Thomas, 1977-1982

Rose Mary Magrill, 1981-1999

Jody Charter, 1982-1983

Barbara Stein Martin, 1984 to date

Gregory Zuck, 1985-1987

Raymond Von Dran, 1987-1995

Norman Howden, 1987-1994

June Schlessinger, 1988-1992

Ana Cleveland, 1988 to date

Linda Schamber, 1991 to date

June Lester, 1991-1993

Catherine Murphy, 1993-1998

Yvonne Chandler, 1993 to date

Amanda Spink, 1993-1999

Maurice Leatherbury, 1994-1996

Samantha Hastings, 1995 to date

Mark Rorvig, 1995 until his death

                            in 2002

Philip Turner, 1996 to date

William Moen, 1996 to date

Carol Simpson, 1998 to date

Brian O’Connor, 1998 to date

Jud H. Copeland, 2000-2002

Elizabeth Figa, 2000 to date

Hejin Shin, 2000-2002

Guillermo Oyarce, 2002 to date

Shawne Miksa, 2002 to date

Maurice Wheeler, 2002 to date

Jiangping Chen, 2004 to date

 

ENDOWED FUNDS

Sarah Law Kennerly Professorships (6)

Hazel Harvey Peace Professorship

Ruth Brock & Alan Saxe Scholarship in Library Science

Dewey E. Carroll Graduate Fellowship

Margaret A. Carroll Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Award

Virginia Clarke Scholarship

Clarke, Kennerly, Thomas Scholarship in Library Science

Ana D. & Donald B. Cleveland Scholarship

Donald B. & Ana D. Cleveland Houston Scholarship

Kenneth Ferstl Scholarship

Howard Greisdorf Scholarship

Melba S. Harvill Scholarship

Doralyn Hickey Scholarship

Sarah Law Kennerly Alumni Scholarship

Leon Liddell Scholarship

Frasier McConnell Memorial Scholarship

Lady Kate Medders Scholarship

Margaret Irby Nichols Scholarship

Mark E. Rorvig Graduate Fellowship

Dorothy Thomas Scholarship

Herman L. Totten Scholarship

Phil & Lis Turner Paper-Project Award

Flora Richardson Wilhite Scholarship

H.W. Wilson Scholarship Endowment

The UNT School of Library and Information Sciences Master's Degree is accredited by the 

American Library Association.

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