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James H. Billington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (732 words)
James Billington was sworn in as the Librarian of Congress on September 14, 1987.
Billington has received 33 honorary degrees, as well as the Woodrow Wilson Award from Princeton University (1992), the UCLA Medal (1999), and the Pushkin Medal of the International Association of the Teachers of Russian Language and Culture (2000).
Billington was a longtime member of the editorial advisory boards of Foreign Affairs and of Theology Today, and a member of the Board of Foreign Scholarships (1971-76; Chairman, 1973-1975), which has executive responsibility for academic exchanges worldwide under the Fulbright-Hays Act.
About the Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington (Library of Congress) (663 words)
James Hadley Billington was sworn in as the Librarian of Congress on September 14, 1987.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on June 1, 1929, Dr. Billington was educated in the public schools of the Philadelphia area.
Billington is married to the former Marjorie Anne Brennan.
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