David Calvin Reynolds Heisser

David Calvin Reynolds Heisser CHARLESTON, SC - Entered into internal rest on the morning of October 29, 2010, Dr. David Calvin Reynolds Heisser. He was a retired librarian and associate professor emeritus at The Citadel. Born in Charleston on October 22,1942, the son of Manning Reynolds Heisser and English Riley Heisser. He was a graduate of Bishop England High School and the College of Charleston. He studied at the University of Aix-Marseille, France on a Fulbright Scholarship. He earned a master of arts degree and a doctorate in History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. He also earned a Master of Science degree in Library Science at Columbia University in New York City. Dr. Heisser was a tenured professor of History at Appalachian State University Boone North Carolina. He was employed by the New York Historical Society in New York City. He served as a librarian at State University of New York at Stony Brook, Tufts University in Medford Massachusetts, the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida and USC Salkehatchie Regional Campus before joining the faculty of the Citadel. He served as reference/documents librarian at the Daniel Library, The Citadel where he retired in 2007. He was a member of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist. David Heisser is survived by his sister, Diane Cochran, an uncle, Willard Hutson, and a niece, Clare Cochran, all of Charleston, a nephew Edward Cochran, Jr., his wife, Elizabeth, a nephew, Michael Cochran, and wife Arlene, a grandniece, Caroline Cochran, and a grandnephew, Edward Cochran III. Memorials may be given to The St. Vincent de Paul Society for Aid to the Poor, c/o Cathedral Parish, 120 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401; Crisis Ministries, 573 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29403; Feline Refuge Shelter for Cats, PO Box 2042, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465, or a charity of one's choice. The relatives and friends of David C.R. Heisser are invited to attend his Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. The Rite of Committal will be held in Bethany Cemetery. No other public services are scheduled. Arrangements are by the JAMES A. MCALISTER FUNERAL HOME, 1620 Savannah Hwy., Charleston, SC (843) 766-1365. Mr. Heisser's guest book and full obituary may be viewed online at www.jamesamcalister.com. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/ deaths