John Boyd Corbin (’57), 83, of Albuquerque, Professor Emeritus in the UNT School of Library and Information Sciences, died June 3 in Albuquerque. He was a member of the faculty from 1973 to 1977 and from 1987 to 2000. When he arrived in 1973, he was an industrial engineer hired because his expertise in automation, systems design and library-based networks would help libraries adapt to computerization. He also wrote numerous books and publications, and he was named the Texas Library Association Librarian of the Year in 1981. In 1990, he received what is now the College of Information’s Hall of Fame award, and in 1989 and 1990 he was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award. While a student at North Texas, he was editor of the Call Number newsletter. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1959, and later earned his master’s degree at the University of Texas at Austin and his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma.

John Boyd Corbin (’57), 83, of Albuquerque, Professor Emeritus in the UNT School of Library and Information Sciences, died June 3 in Albuquerque. He was a member of the faculty from 1973 to 1977 and from 1987 to 2000. When he arrived in 1973, he was an industrial engineer hired because his expertise in automation, systems design and library-based networks would help libraries adapt to computerization. He also wrote numerous books and publications, and he was named the Texas Library Association Librarian of the Year in 1981. In 1990, he received what is now the College of Information’s Hall of Fame award, and in 1989 and 1990 he was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award. While a student at North Texas, he was editor of the Call Number newsletter. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1959, and later earned his master’s degree at the University of Texas at Austin and his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma.

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