Alphonse F. Trezza
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Trezza earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and the M.S. from Drexel University.
He was executive director of the Catholic Library Association and editor of Catholic Library World from 1956 to 1960.
He was associate executive director of the American Library Association from 1960 to 1967 and Illinois State Librarian from 1969 to 1974.[3]
From 1974 to 1980 he was executive director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and from 1980 to 1982 director of the intergovernmental library, Cooperation Project Federal Library Committee at the Library of Congress. [4]
In 1982 he joined the faculty at Florida State University School of Library and Information Studies as a professor, a position he held until his retirement in 1993.[5]
Professional associations
Alphonse F. Trezza was active in many library associations and held leadership positions including:
- National Chairman Catholic Book Week, 1954—1956.
- Illinois Library Association chairman, legislative committee 1964—1969, and executive board member.
- President, Chicago Library Club 1969.
- American Library Association Executive Board, 1974-1979; Nominating Committee Chair 1988—1989; legislation committee 1989-1991.
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions-statistics committee 1976—1985.
- Association for Library and Information Science Education, government relations committee 1985—1987.
- Florida Library Association: President 1991—1992; Intellectual Freedom committee; editor Florida Libraries.
