Discusses biography for children as a literary form concerned with the task of personality integration and sets forth criteria for the selection of biography for children. (GT)

This biography of Alfred Kaiming Chiu emphasizes his contributions to the field of librarianship--a classification scheme for Chinese and Japanese books, building three libraries, training young Chinese American librarians. (JAB)

The life and work of James Hall are described in this article. (MDR)

A tribute to William A. Brownell is given along with a brief sketch of his academic career and professional activities and selected references illustrating his philosophy of education and research. (MN)

This brief biography of Marion Talbot (born in 1858) touches on her interest in educating the consumer, her belief in equality between the sexes, her work as Dean of Women at the University of Chicago, and her research. Talbot was concerned about the changes urbanization, industrialization and technology were making. (Author/JEL)

This biography of the mathematician Girolamo Cardons (1500-1576) sketches his life and discusses his mathematical works, which were controversial at the time. (SD)

Describes the journalism education career of a Fullerton College, California, instructor. (KS)

Examines the relationship between oral history and biography. Looks specifically at three studies of individual American Indians. Investigates the literary forms authors invented, reshaped, or adopted to bring oral narrative into biographic form. (RKM)

Identifies and describes major sources of information on the life and work of Ranganathan, the leader of the Indian library movement and a major contributor to the fields of library and information science. (CLB)

Presents a biography of Edward K. Strong, Jr. (1884-1963), the first author of the Strong Interest Inventory and the first psychologist to devote a career to the measurement and study of vocational interests. Strong's wisdom about interests and career decision making and his 1943 volume, "Vocational Interests of Men and Women," continue…

Claims Edgar B. Gordon's most unique contributions were his highly influential but less publicized involvement with radio instruction in music. Traces Gordon's professional development, details his radio involvement, and analyzes his instructional techniques and materials. (Author/BSR)

The contributions that Professor Erwin Stein has made to German education are discussed. For example, he played a crucial role in the founding of the School for International Pedagogical Research. (RM)

Describes a freshman composition assignment in which students create fictional figures and approach a final biography about the figure through a series of shorter essays. (HTH)

Comparison of Catholic biography in the 1950s and 1980s highlights prominent titles and publishers. Biographies as a segment of history of the Church in the United States, the author's writing of the biography of DuBourg, and the history of DuBourg's three decades in the American Catholic Church are noted. (EJS)

Briefly reviews the development of computers in the United States through the eyes of Commodore Grace M. Hopper, USNR, who was one of the first programmers and, at the age of 76, is still lecturing on computers to audiences ranging from military personnel to educators to engineers and computer scientists. (MBR)