Edwin M. Cortez, 66, professor in the School of Information Sciences at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, until his 2016 retirement, died October 6. He also taught at University of Wisconsin–Madison; Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.; Pratt Institute in New York City; and University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He chaired several American Library … Continue reading Cortez, Edwin
Patricia Senn Breivik, 79, who held a variety of leadership positions in academic libraries over a 38-year career, died September 15. Breivik served as dean of university libraries at Wayne State University in Detroit; associate vice president for information resources at Towson (Md.) State University; director of Auraria Library at University of Colorado in Denver; dean of library … Continue reading Breivik, Patricia
In October Jennifer Gordon, librarian at Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, received the 2018–2019 Milken Educator Award, which recognizes early- and mid-career education professionals.
Beata Staruk was promoted to payroll/human resources information system manager September 17.
November 5 Holly Robison joined the Governance Office as governance associate.
Julie Reese became deputy director of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services October 22.
September 17 Madonna Mullikin became payroll coordinator.
Lisa Lindle, manager of grassroots and advocacy in the Public Policy and Advocacy unit, left ALA October 18.
Beverly Goldberg, 65, an editor for American Libraries from 1982 until her retirement in 2015, died October 5. Goldberg began as editor of the classified advertising section in American Libraries, then expanded her duties to include news and features as an associate editor in 1988. She started writing editorial content full-time in 1990 and was promoted … Continue reading Goldberg, Beverly
Helen Ives, 78, librarian at American University in Washington, D.C., until retiring in 2003, died September 14. Ives began her career as a librarian at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, and then served as a librarian at University of Pittsburgh. In 1998, she was an ALA International Relations Office library fellow, spending four … Continue reading Ives, Helen
Duane F. Johnson, 78, state librarian of Kansas for 20 years until his 2004 retirement, died October 28. He previously served as director of libraries in Great Bend and Hutchinson. In the 1990s, he traveled to Tanzania to teach library science and library management. After retirement, he served as chair of the board of Topeka … Continue reading Johnson, Duane
Claudia J. Morner, 72, emerita dean of University of New Hampshire (UNH) Library, died October 27. As dean, she directed a $19 million renovation of the university’s Dimond Library. Before joining UNH, Morner was director of Osterville (Mass.) Free Library; associate librarian at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable, Massachusetts; and university librarian at … Continue reading Morner, Claudia
