second in Rome” (Swenson, 1965). After Park's retirement, Swenson, speaking to Mt Pleasant's community through the local newspaper, says “Working with a practically non-existent budget, Park laid the ground-work early to “enlarge and enrich the book collection, assemble a professional staff, establish a library science department and build a new building” (1965). At times, the article states book purchasing was ceased entirely, particularly through the depression times. Park's economics experience seems to provide him with excellent management skills in the library, both in depression years and later as he led construction of a new building. In the same local news article, Swanson speaks of Park's decision to use a ‘modular’ building because it was inexpensive and allowed for simpler additions. It is unclear when the original Park library was constructed, as Swansons article implies the building was already constructed at its publication in 1965, but a webpage of Central Michigan University's (Phillips, 2001)claims the original Park Library was opened in 1968. Regardless, the existing library at Central Michigan University is named after Park, and has indeed underwent additions, the most recent of which occurred in 2002 and was utilized in the research for this paper. Another of Park's goals for the CMU library was to begin a department to instruct future college librarians. It is noted in Swanson's article that he “taught a course to prospective public school librarians’, and that he began an LIS program at CMU. Outside of the university library, there are records of Park's activity serving in the professional organization of College and Research librarians, particularly as they involve the education of new librarians. He was secretary of the organization during the years 1944-1945, and published in their journal in June 1945 in an edition of the journal devoted to the education of librarians. Park's contribution, entitled “Degrees as They Affect Teachers’ College Librarians” asks for the professional librarian to be on par with the professional teacher/professor – in pay scale and in required amount of coursework to get there. As is common today, most academic libraries required a 2-year masters program for employment. However, Park's request for similar educational requirements for professors and librarians is provoked in that the professors of the time were only required one year of master's level work to begin teaching. Unlike today's standards, Park suggested rectifying the matter by requiring only one year of master's level library coursework. At times