F. William Summers, 83, who held many library leadership positions, including Florida state librarian, died August 12. During his career he also served as library director at Cocoa (Fla.) Public Schools, assistant director at Providence (R.I.) Public Library, dean of the Florida State University (FSU) College of Library and Information Studies in Tallahassee, and twice … Continue reading Summers, F. William
Barbara E. Smith, 89, professor emerita at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, died July 11. Smith was a longtime and active member of ALA’s Government Documents Round Table and chair of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer. She also wrote several articles comparing the American and British government document systems and … Continue reading Smith, Barbara
Eric Moon, 93, chief editor and president of Scarecrow Press until his 1978 retirement, died July 31. He also was editor in chief of Library Journal from 1959 to 1968. Moon was president of ALA (1977–1978), and he served on ALA Council and several committees at various times through the mid-1990s. He was influential in … Continue reading Moon, Eric
Deborah Miller, 78, trustee of the Schaumburg (Ill.) Township District Library for more than 40 years until stepping down in 2015, died July 23. Miller won many awards during her career, including the ALA White House Conference on Libraries Citizen of the Year Award, the Illinois Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Award, and the Illinois Humanities … Continue reading Miller, Deborah
Geraldine B. King, 80, president of ALA’s Reference and Adult Services Division (later RUSA) from 1981 to 1982, died July 18. King worked in many libraries throughout her career and taught library science at St. Catherine’s University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was editor of Reference Quarterly (later Reference and User Services Quarterly) from 1976 … Continue reading King, Geraldine
Ruth I. Gordon, 83, a teacher and librarian at several schools in California, died July 18. Gordon served as director of school libraries for Lassen County Office of Education, director of libraries for the Cloverdale Unified School District, and librarian at Kenilworth Junior High School in Petaluma. She wrote and edited several books. She also … Continue reading Gordon, Ruth
Myron Flugstad, 65, assistant director for technical services and a librarian at Arkansas State University’s Dean B. Ellis Library in Jonesboro for 27 years, died August 22. Flugstad was a founding member and past president of ARKLink, the Arkansas academic library consortium, and led several library automation initiatives. He previously worked at Concordia College in Moorhead, … Continue reading Flugstad, Myron
Mary Pullen was promoted to ALA senior human resources manager September 1.
Charmin Members joined the Public Library Association as manager of leadership development initiatives August 31.
Eleanor “Ellie” Diaz became program officer for the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) August 1.
Larra Clark, previously deputy director of the Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), is now deputy director for both OITP and the Public Library Association (PLA).
Julie Cai moved to ALA Graphics as project coordinator August 1. She previously served as a marketing assistant in ALA Membership.
