Robert F KleinRobert Klein is a lifelong resident of Dubuque who was educated in the local schools and graduated with a BA degree from Loras College. After tours in the U.S. Army, he received the MSLS degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
He then became assistant librarian at Loras College from 1964 to 1969 and library director from 1969 to 2004. He served for ten years on the Board of Directors and is a past president of the Dubuque County Historical Society. He is one of the co-founders of the Center for Dubuque History at Loras College. He is the editor of two previous publications: Chandler Childs's Dubuque: Frontier River City (1984) and Foundations: The Letters of Mathias Loras, Bishop of Dubuque (2004). Read More Read Less