Ratcliffe, Thomas Edward, 1911-1988?

Thomas E. Ratcliffe worked in the Loan Department of the National City Bank, New York, N.Y., 1934-1939; served in the U.S. Army in Europe in World War II; and held various positions at the Library of the University of Illinois, 1946-1971.

From the description of Thomas Edward Ratcliffe papers, 1934-1987 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26243122

1911 Born, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

1929-1934 AB, American History, University of North Carolina

1933 Personnel Survey, TVA, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

1934-1939 Credit Investigator and Branch Department Head Personal Loan Department, National City Bank, New York City

1939-1940 University of Illinois, Urbana

1940-1941 Assistant Agricultural Librarian, University of Illinois, Urbana

1942-1946 U.S. Army - retired with stomach ulcer as major of field artillery

1946-1948 University of Illinois Library (Urbana), Assistant, Acquisitions Department

1949 BS in Library Science, MS

1949-1952 University of Illinois Library (Urbana), Undergraduate librarian

1952 Reference librarian and assistant professor of Library Science

1955 Associate professor

1965 Professor

1971 Retired to Winston-Salem, North Carolina

1988? Died (will was admitted to probate in September 1988)

(Source: Who's Who in Library Science, 1966 )

From the guide to the Thomas Edward Ratcliffe Papers, 1934-1987, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)