The modern Greek collection in the library of Congress: A survey


Δημοσιευμένα: Jan 1, 1973
George E. Perry
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George E. Perry, Library of Congress, Washington

George E. Perry Pierratos was born in New York City on August
27,1929. He received his primary and secondary education,
from 1937 to 1948, in Athens, Greece where he graduated
from the Eighth Gymnasium first in his class. He returned
to the United States in August of 1948. He holds a BA degree,
with Honors in English Literature, from Cornell University
(1952) and a Master of International Affairs degree
from the School of International Affairs, Columbia University
(1956). At Columbia, he attended also the Russian
Institute (1954 - 1956) and was the recipient of a Ford
Foundation Foreign Area Training Fellowship (Soviet
Union and East European Program) from 1954 to 1956.
From 1956 to 1961 he was associated with the Columbia
University Libraries as an Acquisitions Librarian. He joined 

the staff of the Library of Congress in 1963 as a Slavic Librarian.
In 1964 he was named Curator, Slavic Room, Slavic and
Central European Division, and Recommending Officer for the
Library’s Greek collections. In 1965 he received the Library of
Congress Meritorious Service Award. He was promoted to
his present position of Head, Slavic Room, Slavic and Central
European Division and Greek Area Specialist in 1971.
Mr. Perry is the compiler of the section «Greece: General
Reference Aids and Bibliographies», in the handbook
Southeastern Europe: A Guide to Basic Publications
(University of Chicago Press, 1969). He is a member of Phi
Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. In 1966, he was elected
Secretary, Slavic and East European Subsection, Association
of College and Research Libraries, American Library
Association, and served in that capacity until 1969. He
visited Greece in 1968, 1971, and 1972 and Cyprus in 1972
seeking ways and means of strengthening the modern Greek
collections of the Library of Congress.