George Seymour Godard

George Seymour Godard was an American librarian who served as State Librarian and director of the Connecticut State Library from 1900 to 1936. His political and administrative savvy led to the State Library becoming a well-funded and nationally recognized model of efficiency and public service. Godard was named to the American Association of Law Libraries Hall of Fame in 2010. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Godard attended Wilbraham Academy (then called Wesleyan Academy), Wesleyan University, and Yale University. His education at Wilbraham and Wesleyan was funded by his father and grandfather's timber business. While still a student at Wesleyan, Godard was hired to oversee North Granby's Cossitt Library. At age 35, he become the third State Librarian of Connecticut.

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