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Memorial: Robin Nelson Downes, 1932–2025
Robin Nelson Downes, former director of the University of Houston Libraries, died at 93 on December 3, 2025, in Houston, Texas. Robin served as director of the University of Houston...
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Memorial: Susan Shafer (Dieckmann) Brynteson, 1936–2025
Susan Shafer (Dieckmann) Brynteson, University of Delaware May Morris Librarian Emerita, died on May 26, 2025, at age 89. After earning her MLS from the University of Wisconsin Madison, Susan...
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Memorial: Clifford Lynch
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) honors the life and legacy of Clifford Lynch, who passed away last week at his home. Clifford was the executive director of the Coalition...
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Memorial: Richard De Gennaro, 1926–2024
Richard De Gennaro died October 11, 2024, in Sarasota, Florida, at age 98. Richard started his professional career in the reference department of the New York Public Library in 1956....
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Memorial: Paul Allen Willis, 1941–2024
Paul Allen Willis died December 5, 2024, in Georgetown, South Carolina, at age 83. Upon graduation from the University of Kentucky (UK) in 1963, Paul moved to Washington, DC, where...
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Memorial: Nancy E. Gwinn, 1945–2024
Nancy E. Gwinn, Director Emerita of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, died at age 78 on April 29, 2024, after a two-year battle with cancer. Nancy served as director of Smithsonian...
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Memorial: Hannelore Busch Rader, 1937–2024
Hannelore Rader, former dean of University Libraries at University of Louisville (UofL), died on April 25, 2024, at the age of 86. Hannelore served as dean at UofL from 1997...
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Memorial: David Bishop, 1937–2023
David Bishop, university librarian emeritus at Northwestern University, died on November 28, 2023, at the age of 86. David served as Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian at Northwestern from 1992...
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Memorial: Don Bosseau, 1936–2023
Donald L. Bosseau, former ARL member representative from the University of Miami, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and Emory University, died on March 23, 2023, at the age of 86....
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Memorial: David Stam, 1935–2023
David H. Stam, University Librarian Emeritus for Syracuse University, and the former Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research Libraries of The New York Public Library, died on February 7,...
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