| Lawrence Jacobsen | |
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Full name |
Lawrence J. Jacobsen |
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Alternative names |
Larry Jacobsen |
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Presence at Shimer |
1956– |
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BA |
Northern Illinois University |
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MA |
University of Wisconsin 1962 |
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MLIS |
University of Wisconsin 1971 |
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Role(s) |
Mount Carroll period alum |
Lawrence Jacobsen was a student at Shimer College in the early Great Books period, listed in the class year of 1960.
Brief description[]
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Lawrence Jacobsen is a retired university librarian specializing in primatology. He spent his entire career as a librarian (1973-2003) at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, where the library has been renamed in honor of his contributions. Other honors he has received include a Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Primatologists in 1997, and the naming of an annual grant in his honor by the International Primatological Society. Jacobsen coedited the International Directory of Primatology (1997), the first such directory in the field, and took a leading role in developing online resources for primatology as well. Jacobsen received his undergraduate education at Shimer College and Northern Illinois University, and his two master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (from Shimer College Wiki)
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- in Wisconsin Academy Review, Fall 1993, page 3:
- Lawrence J. Jacobsen, who taught at colleges in New York before coming to Wisconsin, has been head of the award-winning, internationally-recognized library at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center in Madison since 1973. He has long been interested in the Arts and Crafts Movement, and furniture from his private collection can be seen at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Art History Gallery in Mitchell Hall as part of an exhibition titled “The Spirit of the Times: American Arts and Crafts Furniture” (September 15 through October 31).
- in Wisconsin Campaign Insights, Winter 2006, pp. 29-30
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