Repository: UIHistories Project: UI Library School Alumni Newsletter - 29 [PAGE 12]

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\!i>s Parham, u ho was one of the o u t s t a n d i n g library leaders 0f m of the Mooiiiington P a n t a g r a p h said in its editorial columns: Ufiiioj ••Miss Nellie E. P a r h a m has achieved a notable record-on* . p a r a l l e l - i n the cultural life of B l o o m i n g t o n . she has serve, ^ all these vears as a sympathetic counsellor of this community ; n > youths and adults, in their reading h a b i t s Miss Parham i s T * rtai librarian, and beyond that a broad minded, helpful member of u, * munitv. In her coming r e t i r e m e n t she will carry the appreciation of * * mu citizen. Renee B. Stern, 1897-98, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania \u 9 Miss Stern was at ^««v. time on the staffi of the Chicago Public I i 1 one v,..*~ ~ 1V-+U. r T 1940. M I S S O l C i n w d a o c brary, and was known as an editor, writer, and lecturer. Ida May Ingles, 1900-01 retired in J u n e 1940 from her position * librarian of the Omaha, Nebraska, T e c h n i c a l H i g h School. Miss lno£ es may be addressed at 1029 P a r k Avenue, O m a h a , Nebraska. *' Adam Strohm, B.L.S.'OO, retired on J u l y 1, 1941 as librarian of the Detroit, Michigan, Public Library, a position in which he has served since 1 1913. Mr. Strohm has held m a n y positions of professional importance including the presidency of the A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Association in 1930-31* On June 12, 1941, he was a w a r d e d the h o n o r a r y degree of Doctor of Letters by W a y n e University at its annual c o m m e n c e m e n t exercises at Olympia Stadium, Detroit. In conferring the degree, F r a n k Cody, president of the University and superintendent of schools in Detroit, read the following citation: " W o r k i n g with self-effacing m o d e s t y , he has dedicated thirty years of his life to the development of a great cultural center in the city. He has supervised the erection of a magnificent building t o house a distinguished collection of books; he has encouraged the establishment and expansion of specialized services; he has b r o u g h t t o g e t h e r a highly trained staff that are bound to him by deepest ties of respect and affection. This University has been implemented in its development by the farsighted cooperation and counsel he has rendered. In appreciation, as he comes to his year of retirement, we recognized the quiet dignity, the scholarly accomplishment, and the cultural contribution of this good friend a n d colleague." Mr. and Mrs. Strohm may be addressed at 698 B u r l i n g a m e Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. 1900 01, died March 2, 1940, at the Martinsville Sanitar «. ... ..,«, t,.,ov*.iw, n.mdna. Miss M a b b e t t had been on the staff of the Purdue University Library for fifteen years, and at the time of her cleath was head cataloger there. The late E d n a L. Goss, B.L.S/02, cataloger at Stanford University, who died August 16, 1939 bequeathed $500 to her home town library, the Little Rock Township Public Library, P i a n o , Illinois, a c c o r d i n g to an announcement received here. Willia K. Garver, B.L.S.'03, has been made assistant University librarian, acquisitions, at the University of Illinois Library. a< L.S.'03, has retired from her position librarian of the Carnegie E n d o w m e n t for I n t e r n a t i o n a l Peace Librae Washington, D. C. She may be addressed at 815 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C. n o i s S ^ V o ^ ^ ' - -° ' °"' ' M S Gertrude F o Hes Mr H ' ? s - B.L.S/04, died in California on May 23, 1<* a m C m thC Seatt e P u b H c Ubrar V 1907t?iSo ' - ^ . i c e staff ft* livinl ^ '^/^ , » ° c h , B.L.S/04, died on J „ n c 18 1939 She had ' ^ livins at 1520 Universal Pt. Avenue, Janesville, Wisconsin Josie B. Houchens, B.I..S.'05, A.M.M2. is now ' assi.t-mt University

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