ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


672

Florence McKenna recently retired as head 
o f the GSPIA/economics librarian at the Uni­
versity o f Pittsburgh Libraries.

Eleanor Pinkham retired July 31 after almost 
30 years o f  service at Kalamazoo College (KC), 
Michigan. Pinkham joined KC in 1964 and was 
named library director 
in 1971. In 1982 she 
becam e director o f  li­
brary and m edia ser­
vices. She also served as 
c u ra to r o f  th e A.M . 
Todd Rare Book Room 
‘and o f  the college’s art 
collection. Pinkham re­
ceived the Michigan Li­
brary Consortium’s Dis­
tin g u is h e d  S e rv ic e  Eleanor Pinkham
A w a rd  in 1982; w as 
elected president o f the Michigan Library Asso­
ciation in 1984; was recognized as Michigan’s 
Librarian o f the Year in 1986; and was elected 
chair o f ACRL’s College Libraries Section in 1987.

Donald L. Saporito, director o f the Univer­
sity o f Southwestern Louisiana (USL) Libraries, 
retired O ctober 1, 1993. He joined USL in 1978 
from Dartmouth College, w here he was chief 
o f processing and automation services. Under 
his leadership, the USL Libraries implemented 
an online integrated library automation system 
(DOBIS), acquired a CD-ROM network, added 
a third floor to the Dupre Library, and under­
went an extensive library expansion project.

Dale Winkels has retired as Slavic materials 
cataloging librarian at the University o f Pitts­
burgh Libraries.

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Lisa Woo has retired as East Asian librarian at 
the University o f Pittsburgh Libraries.

Deaths
Jane W. Johnson, academic librarian at Vir­
ginia Com m onwealth University, Richmond, 
died last April at her home in Richmond. John­
son was an active member o f ACRL’s Educa­
tion and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) and 
its Social Work/Social W elfare Committee, and 
worked on the section’s publications. M em o­
rial contributions can be made to: The Cathe­
dral o f the Sacred Heart, 823 Park Ave., Rich­
mond, V A  23220.

W. Porter Kellam, director emeritus o f the 
University o f Georgia (U G ) Libraries, Athens, 
died on August 29. H e was 87 years old. Kellam 
earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke Univer­
sity in 1928, and an MLS from Emory Univer­
sity in 1931. He began his career as a librarian 
at the University o f  North Carolina and served 
as the head librarian at North Carolina State 
University, West Virginia University, and the 
University o f South Carolina. Follow ing gradu­
ate study at the University o f Illinois, Kellam 
was appointed director o f libraries at UG in 
1950 and stayed in that position until his retire­
ment in 1973. Professionally active, Kellam 
served as editor o f Southeastern Librarian, and 
president o f the Southeastern Library Associa­
tion, the West Virginia Library Association, and 
the Georgia Library Association.

Orlin C. Spicer, former librarian at J. Sterling 
Morton High School and Junior College, Cicero 
and Berwyn, Illinois, died September 8 at the 
age o f 83. Spicer began his career in 1942 at 
the University o f  Missouri (U M ), served as li­
brarian at Monticello College from 1943-45, and 
returned to UM as assistant to the librarian and 
head o f  circulation from  1945—47. He was li­
brarian at Illinois W esleyan University from  
1947– 51, then served as librarian at Morton for 
20 years. A  life member o f ALA, Spicer was 
treasurer o f  the Illinois Library Association and 
taught as a guest faculty member at the G eorge 
Peabody and North Carolina Library schools. A  
graduate o f Whitworth College, he also held 
degrees from Gonzaga University and G eorge 
Peabody College. ■