David Webb

Submitted By jev0010 on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 2:56am
David Webb, Denton, Librarian Emeritus who served as director of libraries from 1953 to 1978 and as director of the library school, died May 4 in Denton. Webb received bachelor’s degrees from the University of South Carolina and Emory University, a master’s from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from the University of Chicago. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving as a surgical technician in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. At North Texas, he was influential in developing the libraries and what became the School of Library and Information Sciences, now the College of Information. While head of the department of library services, he was instrumental in achieving accreditation for the academic program in 1965, and he developed the master’s degree program in 1963. In the libraries, he was responsible for innovations such as opening the stacks to students and building Willis Library. Memorials may be made to the Ruth Hammerle Memorial Fund at the UNT Music Library, which he established in memory of his wife.

David Webb, Denton, Librarian Emeritus who served as director of libraries from 1953 to 1978 and as director of the library school, died May 4 in Denton. Webb received bachelor’s degrees from the University of South Carolina and Emory University, a master’s from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from the University of Chicago. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving as a surgical technician in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. At North Texas, he was influential in developing the libraries and what became the School of Library and Information Sciences, now the College of Information. While head of the department of library services, he was instrumental in achieving accreditation for the academic program in 1965, and he developed the master’s degree program in 1963. In the libraries, he was responsible for innovations such as opening the stacks to students and building Willis Library. Memorials may be made to the Ruth Hammerle Memorial Fund at the UNT Music Library, which he established in memory of his wife.

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