Educational Background
Downs attended the one-room schoolhouse called Shady Grove until his high school years when his family relocated to Asheville, North Carolina. After the completion of his high school curricula, Downs went on to study at the University of North Carolina (A.B. 1926), the School of Library Science at Columbia University (B.S. 1927, M.S. 1929). During his Masters coursework, Downs was employed at the New York Library and as a librarian for two years (1929 to 1931) at Colby College in Maine. Downs earned a Doctor of Letters from Colby College (1944) and from University of Illinois (1973). In addition, Downs earned a LL.D. from North Carolina University in 1949, and L.H.D.s from Ohio State University (1963) and Southern Illinois University (1970).
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