Carlton C. Rochell, 85, dean of New York University Libraries until his 1999 retirement, died December 23. As dean, he launched the first minicomputer-based online catalog in the country; incorporated the Courant Institute, Business and Real Estate Institute Libraries, and the NYU Archives; founded the Wagner Labor Archives; launched the Elmer H. Bobst Awards for Arts and Letters; brought the NYU Press under the management of the libraries; and integrated campus media and video production services. He served as chairman of the board of the Research Libraries Group, on the board of the Association of Research Libraries, and on ALA Council. He led the New York delegation to the White House Conference on Libraries in 1979, was a member of the New York State Governor’s Commission on Libraries, and was chair of the New York Regents Advisory Council on Libraries. Prior to joining NYU, Rochell was director of Atlanta Public Library from 1968–1976, and in the early 1960s, worked to integrate city libraries in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Anniston, Alabama.