Louis A. Schultheiss
American academic and librarian
Louis Avery Schultheiss (October 30, 1925 – December 11, 2014) was an American academic, librarian, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was best known for his 1962 work on "Advanced Data Processing in the University Library."
Biography
Schultheiss was born in October 1925 in Cody, Wyoming. He obtained his B.A. in History and Political Science, with a minor in Economics, from the University of Wyoming in 1949.
He started his academic career at the University of Denver in 1950 as Assistant Professor and was Assistant University Librarian, and librarian at the Art & Architecture Department. In 1958 he move to the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he was appointed Professor. He served for 31 years and retired August 1989. At the University Library he was in charge of Serials/Acquisitions, Director of Automation Project and later Head of the Technical Services Division.
His most cited work was "Advanced Data Processing in the University Library" (1962). This is the Final report of the University Library Information Systems Projects of the University of Illinois of Congress Circle, Chicago around 1960.
Schultheiss died in LaGrange, Illinois, in December 2014 at the age of 89.
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