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Personnel
A P P O IN T M E N T S

Peter G. Anderson has accepted the po­
sition of curriculum librarian, University of 
Illinois library, Chicago Circle.

Paul Barton has joined the staff of the 
humanities department, University of Ari­
zona library, as a reference librarian.

Jerome Beck has accepted a position in the 
law library. University of California, Los 
Angeles.

Hilda Bohem has joined the staff of the 
Department of Special Collections, University 
of California, Los Angeles.

Earl C. Borgeson, librarian of the Harvard 
Law School, has accepted appointment as as­
sociate director of libraries, Stanford Univer­
sity, Stanford, California, effective this Sep­
tember.

Collen Campbell has been appointed a 
librarian at the University of California, Los 
Angeles, Biomedical library.

Dit Loong Chan has been named to the 
position of assistant catalog librarian, Univer­
sity of Illinois library, Chicago Circle.

Judith Corin is the newly appointed head 
of the physics library, University of Califor­
nia, Los Angeles.

Constantin Dimitriu received appoint­
ment as head of searching, the University of 
Akron, Akron, Ohio.

W illiam B. E rnst, Jr., has assumed the 
position of director of the library, University 
of Illinois, Chicago Circle.

Esther Grassian is now a member of the 
referenee section of the college library, Uni­
versity of California, Los Angeles.

Janice Hall was appointed to the position 
of archives librarian, University of Illinois li­
brary, Chicago Circle.

Mrs. Beth Hamilton has accepted the po­
sition of science librarian, University of Illi­
nois library, Chicago Circle.

Harvey Hammond has transferred from his 
position as head of the physics library to new 
responsibilities as assistant biomedical librarian, 
University of California, Los Angeles.

Paul Hanson is a new member of the pro­
fessional staff of the biomedical library, Uni­
versity of California, Los Angeles.

Jean B. Hopson is now librarian, Charles H. 
Babcock School of Business Administration, 
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North 
Carolina.

Bozica Ivanovich has been appointed as­
sistant acquisitions librarian, University of Il­
linois library, Chicago Circle.

Miriam Joliat is the new acting head of 
acquisitions, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio.

Mrs. Martha L ehde has recently joined the

library staff at the University of Kansas, Law­
rence, Kansas, as assistant reference librarian.

George W. Keller has transferred from 
his duties as cataloging and acquisitions li­
brarian for the sciences and engineering at the 
University of California, Irvine, to a new po­
sition as head of the chemistry library, Uni­
versity of California, Los Angeles.

Edith Keto has accepted an appointment 
with the interlibrary loans section of the ref­
erence department, University of California, 
Los Angeles library.

Mrs. Linda Tzeng Lee has accepted the po­
sition of assistant acquisitions librarian, Uni­
versity of Illinois library, Chicago Circle.

Mr. Sul H. Lee has accepted the position 
of associate librarian for public services, East­
ern Michigan University library, Ypsilanti, 
Michigan.

Marlene Lehner has joined the staff of 
the University Elementary School library, 
University of California, Los Angeles.

Henry L. Lemkau has been appointed med­
ical librarian of the Edward G. Miner Li­
brary and assistant professor of medical bib­
liography at the University of Rochester School 
of Medicine and Dentistry.

Stanley Lin is now the assistant circulation 
librarian, University of Kansas, at Lawrence.

Steven Che-Hwei Lin, formerly in the 
oriental library, University of California, Los 
Angeles, has assumed a new position as Asian- 
American bibliographer.

Mrs. Helen Livingston was appointed as 
a cataloger, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio.

Ida Muellner is a new member of the 
staff in the University of California, Los An­
geles library’s acquisitions department.

Kirby B. Payne has been appointed as De­
partment of Transportation librarian.

George Piternick has been appointed as 
professor of the School of Librarianship of the 
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 
Canada, commencing July 1, 1970.

Shirley Riggs has accepted an appointment 
as a librarian in the Serials Department of 
the University of California, Los Angeles li­
brary.

James Rothenberger has been appointed 
Head of the Government Publications Depart­
ment, University of California, Riverside cam­
pus.

Mrs. Betty M. Sell will become librarian 
of the Catawba College library, Salisbury, 
North Carolina, as of August 1, 1970.

Paul Simmons is the new head of the Pro­
cessing Section in the Acquisitions Department 
of the University of California, Los Angeles 
library.

Cynthia Steinke has assumed the position



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of assistant science librarian, University of Il­
linois library, Chicago Circle.

Phyllis Tanaka has joined the staff of the 
biomedical library, University of California, 
Los Angeles.

William D. Thrasher has been named to 
the position of assistant reference librarian, 
University of Illinois library, Chicago Circle.

E unice Ting is a new member of the 
staff of the biomedical library, University of 
California, Los Angeles.

Dellene Tweedale is a new staff mem­
ber of the oral history program, a unit within 
the department of special collections, Univer­
sity of California, Los Angeles library.

Arnold S. Wajenberg has become catalog 
librarian, University of Illinois library, Chicago 
Circle.

Peter W atson has been appointed to the 
staff of the Institute for Library Research on 
the University of California, Los Angeles, cam­
pus.

Miss Ching-Fen Wu is a new member of 
the staff, University of California, Los An­
geles, Oriental library.

Eleanor Yeaglin has been newly ap­
pointed to the staff of the biomedical library, 
University of California, Los Angeles.

Judith Yellin is the new reference librar­
ian of the art library, University of California, 
Los Angeles.

N EC R O LO G Y
Ethel M. Christoffers, former head of 

the reference division of the University of 
Washington libraries, died on April 15, 1970.

Prof. Jane Canfield, assistant director for 
processing services, Purdue University librar­
ies, died April 18, 1970, after a long illness. 
She was 58. Active in professional library af­
fairs, she was vice-chairman and chairman of 
the Pure and Applied Sciences Section of the 
Association of College and Research Libraries 
in 1953 and 1954, and in 1964 she was elect­
ed President of the Resources and Technical 
Services Division of the American Library Asso­
ciation.

Gerald D. McDonald, chief of special col­
lections in the research libraries of the New 
York Public Library, died Wednesday, May 6, 
in Paris. Dr. McDonald was on a buying trip 
for the library at the time of his death. He 
lived at 36 West 10th Street, New York City.

Dr. McDonald joined the library in 1930 as 
an assistant in the information division. He was 
later in charge of the rare book division and, 
after his return from military leave in 1945, 
was appointed chief of the American history 
and genealogy division.

In 1969, he was appointed to the newly 
created post of chief of special collections. He 
had general responsibility for the library’s 
Arents Collections, Berg Collection, Manuscript 
Division, Prints Division, Rare Book Division,



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