John Cushman Abbott (1921-2005) - Find a Grave Memorial

John Cushman Abbott

Birth

12 Apr 1921

Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA

Death

3 Jan 2005 (aged 83)

Lincolnshire, Lake County, Illinois, USA

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Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Education - Bowdoin College graduate, 1943; Syracuse University, MA, history, 1949; University of Michigan, MA, library science, 1950, PhD, 1957.

Military - WWII, USMC, US Army Air force, Navigator, 2nd Lt

Career - US Library of Congress, head of the oriental exchange section, 1950-1955; Trinity University, TX, librarian, 1955-1960; Lovejoy Library, Southern Illinois University, director, 1960-1980; Southern Illinois University, head of special collections, 1980-1986.

Awards - Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement Award, 1987

Author - "Journey to New Switzerland," research of Swiss settlements in Highland, Madison County, IL

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Frances Noon Abbott

1911–1981 (m. 1945)

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Edward Farrington Abbott Sr

Mary Hale Dana Abbott

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Helen Dana Abbott

Margaret Farrington Abbott Campbell

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Ruth Abbott Bishop

Luther Dana Abbott

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