And Major Owens is a member of the House of Representatives.
http://www.house.gov/owens/biography.htm
Karen Anderson
Information Specialist
Quarles & Brady/Streich Lang
Phoenix
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of James Donovan
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 8:20 AM
To: Jerry_Stephens@ca10.uscourts.gov
Cc: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: Ex-Librarians in Positions of Power
Don't forget that the philosopher David Hume at one point made his living as a librarian.
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:15:49 -0600
>From: Jerry_Stephens@ca10.uscourts.gov
>Subject: Ex-Librarians in Positions of Power
>To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
>
> An interesting letter was posted to another
> listserv. This letter asked a somewhat rhetorical
> (maybe even apochryphal?) question. The letter
> writer asked:
>
> "What sort of society would we have if
> ex-librarians or IT pros got into power?"
>
> The letter writer suggested that among the
> "ex-librarians" are Casanova, Hubert Humphrey,
> Glenda Jackson, Mao Tse Tung, Laura Bush and,
> Superman's birth mother.
>
> I can accept most of the letter writer's suggested
> names. I know that Hubert Humphrey had been a
> teacher, but was he ever a librarian in any fashion?
>
> Still, the question is an interesting one. It's a
> much more interesting question than whether or not
> society views librarians in any stereotypical
> fashon. It's an interesting quetion even if one were
> to focus only on librarians and leave out entirely
> IT pros.
>
> Can anyone suggest other "ex-librarians" or even
> former or one-time librarians who might be added to
> this list. Definitions of "power" are, of course,
> open to individual interpretation.
>
> Jerry E. Stephens
> U.S.Court of Appeals
> Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
>
> "A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000 word
> document and calls it a brief." -- Franz Kafka
>
> email: jerry_stephens@ca10.uscourts.gov
> voice: 405-609-5460
> fax: 405-609-5461
James M. Donovan, J.D., Ph.D.
Reference/Public Services Librarian
School of Law Library
University of Georgia
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