Louise Marie Darling (1911-1999) received degrees in Botany (B.A.) from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and Botany (M.A.) and Librarianship (Certification and Credential) from University of California, Berkeley. As a civilian in the U.S. Army Library Service, she rose to become supervisor for Hawaii and the Philippines (1944-1947). After returning to UCLA as a reference librarian, she founded and headed, until her retirement in 1978, the biomedical library which was named for her in 1987. Darling received many major awards and honors in the profession of medical librarianship, including the Medical Library Association's Marcia C. Noyes Award for outstanding achievement, presented in 1974.
From the description of Papers, 1929-1999. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 45635819
