Ronald Wheeler to Lead the American Association of Law Libraries

wheeler-ronRonald E. Wheeler was elected vice president and president-elect of the American Association of Law Libraries. In July, he will become the first African American man to lead the association.

In January, Wheeler became director of the Fineman and Pappas Law Libraries and associate professor of law and legal research at Boston University. Previously, he was director of the law library at Suffolk University in Boston. From 2010 to 2014, Wheeler was the director of the Dorraine Zief Law Library at the University of San Francisco.

Professor Wheeler is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, where he majored in business administration. He holds a master of library and information science degree from Wayne State University in Detroit and a juris doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School.

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