Biographical Information
Managing Partner
Suite 5202
7400 Edinborough Way
Edina, MN 55435
Education
College of St. Thomas, B.A. History/Economics
University of Minnesota, B.S.L.S., Library Science
University of Minnesota, M.A., Library Administration/Public Administration
University of Minnesota, Certificate in Public Administration, Public Administration Training Center
Previous Professional Library Positions
Director, Hennepin County Library, September 1969 to January 1994.
Director of Administration, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., October 1968 to September 1969.
Coordinator of Building Planning, James Madison Memorial Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., March 1966 to October 1968
Director, Dakota-Scott Regional Library, January 1959 to March 1966.
Director, Illinois Library Development Project, 1963 (on leave from Dakota-Scott Regional Library).
Minneapolis Public Library, July 1953 to December 1958. New Building Officer, 1958; Administrative Assistant, 1957; Branch Librarian (2 branches), 1954-56; Assistant Librarian, 1953-54.
Freshman-Sophomore Library, University of Minnesota, October 1951 to June 1953.
Librarian, Institute of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, August 1950 to September 1951.
Professional Activities
Adjunct Professor, College of St. Catherine/Dominican University
Instructor, University of Minnesota Graduate School
Library consultant for more than 300 libraries located throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Africa.
President, Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association.
President, Minnesota Library Association.
Member of the Governing Council of the American Library Association.
Chair or member of more than twenty American Library Association Committees over a thirty year period.
Centennial Medal Award, Minnesota Library Association.
Lecturer at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, and the Catholic University of America.
Served eight times on American Institute of Architects/American Library Association Design Award Juries
Library Planning Task Force, Minnesota State Legislature
President, Minnesota Library Association Foundation Board
Building and Planning Experience
See Client List
Corporate Consulting
Knoll Inc.
Jens Risom Design, Inc.
Steelcase, Inc.
Z-85 Standards Committee for Steel Shelving
Management and Organization Experience (Representative Sample)
Alabama State Library
River Bluffs District Library (St. Joseph, MO)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
San Diego, California
Greensboro Public Library
Southeastern Libraries Cooperating (SELCO)
Illinois State Library
Weld District Library (Greeley, CO)
Kanawa County (W. Virginia)
Wichita Public Library
Kansas City, Kansas
Madison (WI) Public Library
Library Building Institutes (Speaker)
ALA Building Institutes
Kansas State Library
American Institute of Architects
Public Library Association
Colorado State Library
Texas State Library
Illinois State Library
Virginia State Library
International Federation Library Associations
UNESCO Building Institute, Bremen, Germany
Various State Library Associations
Civic Activities
Certificate of Award (1979), American Institute of Architects, Minnesota Society
Bush Foundation, Consultant
St. Paul Foundation, Consultant
Cable Television Committee, Metropolitan Council
Governors Advisory Commission on Youth
Judge Fred B. Wright Memorial Fund, Board of Directors
Minnesota Humanities Commission (Charter Member)
Music Under the Stars, Inc., Board of Directors
National Endowment of the Humanities, Consultant
Minneapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors; Vice President
Nominated as Minneapolis Outstanding Young Man of 1958, Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber International, Honorary Life Member
Rotary International
Citizens League of Minneapolis and Hennepin County