Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard E. Bjork

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The result was : Speedy keep per WP:SNOW. 4thfile4thrank (talk) 00:23, 29 November 2020 (UTC) (non-admin closure)[reply]

Richard E. Bjork

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Educator does not meet notability guidelines, with no reliable sources found. Tinton5 (talk) 22:20, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Jersey-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 22:27, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 22:27, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 22:27, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep The subject of the article served as the President of two of New Jersey's public colleges, for one of which he was the first president and responsible for the site selection and design of the school. The library at the University now bears his name. In addition, he was the Vice Chancellor of the New Jersey Board of Higher Education, as well as the Chancellor of Vermont State College. Even clicking on the links included above brings up several items. The Scholar link above reveals several scholarly articles written by Richard E. Bjork on education in New Jersey. The Book link produces several books which talk about Richard E. Bjork's role in the inception of Stockton College. The News link comes back with several results on the dedication of the library and Richard E. Bjork's role at Stockton, covered by The Atlantic City Press, The Courier Post, and The Cape May County Herald, all major news outlets in the state of New Jersey. The article certainly could be improved upon, and considering that the subject died in 1984, a search of newspaper archives or the papers he has housed at his namesake library will greatly help to expand upon the article, but as a starting point, he absolutely meets the criteria for notability. Harland Q Pitt 00:57, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per meeting WP:PROF as explained above. Bjork was president of Stockton University. TJMSmith (talk) 01:23, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, even aside from Stockton University, being an interim president would also qualify.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 17:09, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per meeting WP:PROF as explained above. Bjork was former president of Stockton University.Eric Carr (talk) 20:27, 28 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.