James A. Benson, 78, whose library career at St. John’s University in Queens, New York, spanned five decades, died June 27. He held the roles of dean of libraries, chief information officer, dean of information resources, vice provost of academic affairs, and professor of university libraries before retiring from St. John’s as dean emeritus in 2010. Benson also previously served on the teaching faculties of Rutgers University, University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and as librarian at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) in San Marcos, Texas Southern University in Houston, and California State University, Chico. He volunteered with ALA’s Committee on Accreditation and was on the board of directors for the Association for Library and Information Science Education.