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Library Director

Charles Joray :: Library Director

Charles N. Joray has been the director of the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library since 1982. Previously, he was the director of two other public libraries in Indiana - the Bluffton-Wells County Public Library and the Hartford City Public Library.

A native Hoosier, Mr. Joray grew up on a farm near Berne, Indiana. His education includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Studies with concentrations in Sociology and U. S. History from Ball State University and a Master of Library Science Degree from Indiana University. He is a member of the Indiana Library Federation (ILF) and has served on several ILF committees. His community involvement includes membership in the Kokomo Kiwanis Club and the Kokomo Morning Musicale.

When he is not involved with library or community work, his time is spent pursuing his musical interests - taking piano lessons and attending concerts; his genealogy interests - researching his family lines and writing books about each line; his church interests - participating in the Kokomo Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and keeping up with the active lives of his family - wife, Peggy, who is a clinical dietitian at Howard Regional Medical Center, and children and their spouses, Craig and Kara Joray, Bruce and Alyssa Joray, Elizabeth and Adam Scott, Molly and Gregory Hamlin, and his six grandchildren Alora and Eliza Joray, Alexis and Shadrach Hamlin and Hannah and Noah Scott.

Libraries have always been important to Mr. Joray as he has found fulfillment in reading, researching topics, doing genealogy work and listening to music CD's and books-on-tape. It is Mr. Joray's hope that you, as a patron of the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library, will also find fulfillment in using the library's many resources.

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