Leonard Kniffel, 73, editor in chief of American Libraries (AL) from 1996 until his 2011 retirement, died March 19. He started his library career as a page at Detroit Public Library in 1970 and joined AL in 1988. Kniffel wrote several books, including A Polish Son in the Motherland and Busia: School Days on the Farm with My Polish Grandmother. After retirement, he dedicated much of his attention to Polish librarians and the Polish diaspora, becoming executive director of the Polish American Librarians Association in 2014.