Back جيمس بيلينغتون Arabic جيمس بيلينجتون ARZ James Hadley Billington German جیمز بیلینگتون Persian James Hadley Billington Finnish James Hadley Billington French James H. Billington ID ジェームズ・H・ビリントン Japanese James H. Billington Polish Биллингтон, Джеймс Хедли Russian
James H. Billington | |
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| 13th Librarian of Congress | |
| In office September 14, 1987 – September 30, 2015 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Daniel J. Boorstin |
| Succeeded by | David S. Mao (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Hadley Billington June 1, 1929 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | November 20, 2018 (aged 89) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil) |
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James Hadley Billington (June 1, 1929 – November 20, 2018)[1] was an American academic and author who taught history at Harvard and Princeton before serving for 42 years as CEO of four federal cultural institutions. He served as the 13th Librarian of Congress after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, and his appointment was approved unanimously by the U.S. Senate. He retired as Librarian on September 30, 2015.[2]
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (21 November 2018). "James H. Billington, 89, Dies; Led Library of Congress Into Digital Age". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
- ^ Osterberg, Gayle (September 25, 2015). "Billington to Retire September 30". News from the Library of Congress. U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 25, 2015.