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Ruth and her family moved from [[Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin]],<ref name=”:0″ /> |
Ruth and her family moved from [[Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin]],<ref name=”:0″ /><ref name=”:3″>{{Cite journal |date=1956 |title=Front Matter |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4304571 |journal=The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=376–378 |doi=10.1086/618339 |jstor=4304571 |issn=0024-2519}}</ref>to [[De Pere, Wisconsin]], shortly after her birth.<ref name=”:4″>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP24-BK3?lang=en</ref> In 1928, she went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin from [[Carroll University|Carroll College]] in Waukesha (Wisconsin).<ref name=”:3″ /><ref name=”:5″>{{Cite web |title=Hinakaga |url=https://archives.carrollu.edu/digital/collection/Yearbook/id/3458/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240726164149/https://archives.carrollu.edu/digital/collection/Yearbook/id/3458/ |archive-date=2024-07-26 |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=archives.carrollu.edu |language=en}}</ref> She then began studying Greek and Classical Archaeology at [[Yale University]].<ref name=”:3″ /> In 1935, she earned her [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]]. in Classics from the [[University of Illinois Chicago|university of Illinois]].<ref name=”:3″ /> She later received a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] in Library Science from the [[University of Minnesota]] in 1945.<ref name=”:3″ /> |
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Ruth Calista French 1906, 08, 11 Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |
| Died | 2003, 11, 11
Oakland, California |
| Spouse | Donald Everett Strout (married 1935-1953) Leon Carnovsky (Married 1967-1975) |
| Relatives | Melville French (brother) Robert French (brother) |
Ruth French Carnovsky (born Ruth Calista French[1], later Strout and then Carnovsky; August 11, 1906 – November 11, 2003[2][3]) was an American educator, classical philologist, and librarian.
Early life and education
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Ruth and her family moved from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin,[1][4] to De Pere, Wisconsin, shortly after her birth.[5] In 1928, she went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Latin from Carroll College in Waukesha (Wisconsin).[4][6] She then began studying Greek and Classical Archaeology at Yale University.[4] In 1935, she earned her Ph.D. in Classics from the university of Illinois.[4] She later received a B.S. in Library Science from the University of Minnesota in 1945.[4]
After receiving her B.A., she began teaching Latin and Humanities at Iberia Junior College in Iberia, Missouri.[4] She later worked as an art librarian at the Minneapolis Public Library from 1945 to 1948.[4] From 1949 to 1953, she served as an associate professor at the University of Denver’s School of Librarianship, teaching courses in cataloging and classification.[7] This was followed by a year as a visiting professor at Keio University in Tokyo (1953-1954).[4] Ruth then began teaching at the University of Chicago’s Graduate Library School (GLS) from 1954 to 1971,[4] serving as the GLS dean during the 1960’s.[2] She ultimately retired as a professor emeritus.[2]
She Married her first husband, Donald Everett Strout, on January 1, 1935,[1] whom she divorced in 1953.[1] She later married Leon Carnovsky in 1967,[1] whom she stayed married to until his death in 1975.[8]
Ruth Carnovsky died on November 11, 2003 in Oakland, CA.[2][1][3]
- 1. (French) Strout RC. The greek versions of jerome’s vita sancti hilarionis. [Order No. 30405298]. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 1935.
- Carnovsky, R. French., University of Chicago. Graduate Library School. Conference. 1956). (1957). Toward a better cataloging code. [Chicago]: University of Chicago, Graduate Library School.
- University of Chicago. University Extension Division. Home Study Dept., Strout, R. Calista French. (1956). Organization of library materials: Library Science 201. Chicago: University of Chicago, Home-Study Dept..
