Marquardt, Steve, 1943-2024

Steve R. Marquardt was born on September 7, 1943, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Macalester College in Minnesota. He completed graduate study at the University of Minnesota, where he received master’s degrees in European history and library science and earned a doctorate in the history of modern France.

Marquardt’s professional career has been devoted to academic librarianship and library administration. He served as Original Monographic Cataloger at New Mexico State University Library in Las Cruces from 1973 to 1975 and concurrently held appointments as Acting University Archivist and Acting Director of the Rio Grande Historical Collections from 1973 to 1974. He later worked at Western Illinois University Library in Macomb, first as Acquisitions Librarian from 1976 to 1977 and then as Head Cataloger and OCLC Coordinator from 1977 to 1979.

From 1979 to 1981, Marquardt was Assistant Director for Resources and Technical Services at the Ohio University Library in Athens. He joined the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire as Director of Libraries in 1981 and served in that role until 1989. He then served as Director of University Libraries at Northern Illinois University from 1989 to 1990 before returning to the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire as Director of Libraries from 1990 to 1996. In 1996, he was appointed Dean of Libraries at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota, a position he held thereafter.

Field of Activity: Academic libraries--Administration
Occupation: Academic library directors, Librarians, Deans (Education)
Associated Groups: South Dakota State University, 1996-2006