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Lyle Slovick Instructor, Level I Affiliate Member United States Golf Teachers Federation Good Golf For Life.com ©2007 |
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Biographical Sketch Lyle Slovick worked for the George Washington University from 1994-2007, beginning in the Special Collections Department of the Gelman Library, after earning his M.A degree in history from GW in 1993. While a staff member for Special Collections, he assisted researchers, oversaw the addition of new books and periodicals to the collections, and processed a number of significant materials, including a 7,000 pamphlet collection from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and 5,000 images of Washington, D.C. in the Charles Kelly Photograph Collection. He also worked on a dozen major exhibits: Inaugural Cerebrations in the Nation’s Capital; City Invincible: Walt Whitman’s Washington, 1863-1873; and Celebrating the Wonderful World of Charles Dickens being three of them. From 1999-2007 he worked for the University Archives, where he oversaw more than 1,000 collections documenting the administrative and social history of GW, which began in 1821, and assisted researchers from around the United States and overseas. He was consistently called upon to use organizational and analytical skills in facilitating research and making available materials for the public. This included providing research strategies to authors and producers of radio and television programs, such as: PBS American Experience; Smithsonian Institution, ESPN, History Channel, NPR Radio, Discovery Channel, and ABC News Nightline, among others. He processed the papers of famed historian Marcus Cunliffe; Dr. Janet G. Travell, personal physician to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson; and Drs. Walter Freeman and James Watts, pioneers in the surgical procedure known as lobotomy. In his capacity as Assistant University Archivist, Mr. Slovick also researched and mounted two exhibits, The President’s Physician: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Janet G. Travell, and Fantastic Foggy Bottom: The Changing Face of a Neighborhood. Mr. Slovick enjoyed organizing and making available to researchers the materials they needed, and took pride in bringing the past alive for people interested in the history of Washington, D.C. and George Washington University. He relocated to Aloha, Oregon in August 2007, and is currently developing his websites focusing on golf instruction and equipment.
Professional Résumé - click here PDF version OR here Word version Article - George Y. Coffin: A Schoolboy's Life in 19th-Century Washington click here to read |
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