Edward G. Holley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdward G. Holley
librarian
Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1927
Place of Birth: Pulaski, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 18-Feb-2010
Profession: librarian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Edward G. Holley
- Edward G.
- Holley (November 26, 1927 – February 18, 2010) was an American librarian and educator.
- Holley graduated from David Lipscomb College in Nashville, Tennessee in 1949 with a bachelor's degree in English.
- In 1951 he graduated from George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee with a master's in library science.
- Holley went on to receive his Ph.D.
- in library science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1961.
- Holley began his professional career at the University of Houston and worked there for nine years.
- In 1972 he moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he accepted the position of dean and professor in the School of Information and Library Science.
- He remained dean until 1985, and was a professor from 1989 to 1995, when he retired.
- Additionally, he was president of the American Library Association (ALA) from 1974–75.
- He was honored with the Association's Melvil Dewey Medal in 1983 and the Lippincott Award in 1987.
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