Richard H. Lineback

Dr. Richard H. Lineback is president of the Philosopher's Information Center, publisher of The Philosopher’s Index.^[4] Lineback founded The Philosopher's Index in 1966,^[5] and subsequently established the Philosopher's Information Center in 1967^[6] and the Philosophy Documentation Center in 1970.^[7] As director of both centers, he served as editor of The Philosopher’s Index, coeditor of the International Directory of Philosophy and Philosophers,^[8] assistant editor of the Directory of American Philosophers,^[9] and general editor of the book series Bibliographies of Famous Philosophers. Lineback still serves as president of the Philosopher's Information Center and editor of The Philosopher’s Index.

Notable for his broad range of academic interests that in addition to philosophy include computer and information science, Dr. Lineback served as a consultant to the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, among other national organizations. He served as president of the Association of Philosophy Journal Editors and president of the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS). He had the honor of being a delegate to the White House Conference on Library and Information Sciences and is an honorary fellow of NFAIS.^[10]

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