Edmond J. Doherty, 81, director of Reading (Pa.) Public Library for 24 years until his 1990 retirement, died August 16. Doherty was active with several civic organizations, including the United Way of Berks County (Pa.), the League of Women Voters of Berks County, the Fellowship House of Reading, the Friends of Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, the Ethics Board of the City of Reading, and the Advisory Committee to Berks County Area Agency on Aging. He also served as president of the Middle Atlantic Regional Library Federation from 1977–79.