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worldspy99 A side corollary to the story. The library science department is now named after him at that University :-) And our family sponsored a scholarship in his name to help more folks get interested in pursuing library science as a career choice.
That's amazing on both points! Your uncle must have been a wonderful, hard-working guy. Much props (not that you need them, I'm just saying).
Going against the expected grain feels hard, so I can only imagine how he felt going down that path. I get mixed reactions about wanting to be a librarian (good and bad). Mostly people are like, "Oh you're the only person I know that wants to do that" or they think that I'm foolish because of what they think they know.