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James Hadley Billington (June 1, 1929 – November 20, 2018) [1] was an American academic and author who taught history at Harvard and Princeton before serving for 42 years as CEO of four federal cultural institutions.
Beginning in 2002, the National Recording Preservation Board has selected recordings nominated each year to be preserved. On January 27, 2003, the first 50 recordings were announced by James Billington, the Librarian of Congress. [4] The first four yearly lists each had 50 selections. Since 2006, 25 recordings have been selected annually.
President Ronald Reagan nominated historian James H. Billington as the 13th librarian of Congress in 1987, and the U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment. [40] Under Billington's leadership, the library doubled the size of its analog collections from 85.5 million items in 1987 to more than 160 million items in 2014.
At a news conference announcing the inaugural event, Billington said: "We must all try, in every way we can, to send the message that reading is critical to our lives and to the life of our nation." [3] Laura Bush, founder and Honorary Chair of the National Book Festival 2001-2008, honored in 2008 by Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress.
On January 12, 2015, Mao was appointed to the Deputy Librarian of Congress office, by then-Librarian of Congress James Billington. [6] As Law Librarian, Mao managed the operation and policy administration of the Law Library of Congress, which contains the world's largest collection of legal materials and serves as the leading research center ...
Earlier this week, Laura Helmuth resigned as editor in chief of Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States."I've decided to leave Scientific American ...
James Billington (executioner) (1847–1901), executioner for the British government James H. Billington (1929–2018), American academic and former Librarian of Congress Topics referred to by the same term
Billington is a U.S. Navy captain now, and last month in San Diego the 46-year-old took command of a 684-foot, 25,000-ton warship that supports amphibious assaults, the USS John P. Murtha.