Jean Crampon:  

Life I'm a native Californian and had lived there and in two foreign countries before moving to Virginia where I attended Jr. and Sr. High when my father was stationed at Langley AFB. My parents retired to California so I received my BA from San Diego State University and then went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for my MSLS (Master of Science in Library Science), so have been on both coasts since graduation from Hampton High. I was a librarian at San Diego Public Library for a couple years before moving to Illinois where I was at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine at Springfield, then at the University of Southern California (USC) where I was hired to be Head of the Hancock Library of Biology and Oceanography in 1987. The Library was closed in 2003 and I joined the Science & Engineering Library but I have continued with the subject area. I also was lucky enough to be Curator of the Hancock Memorial Museum for two years - a very educational experience to learn about some fine arts rather than the sciences. While at USC I was promoted to University Librarian, the equivalent to Full Professor. I am married and have one son who has a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/Computer Science and his master's in computer science, b...Expand for more