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Ann-Christe Galloway P e o p l e  i n  t h e  N e w s  

Jenny Garcia, University of Wyoming assistant 
librarian, has been approved for membership 
in the Academy of Health Information Profes­
sionals (AHIP) at the Distinguished Member 
level. AHIP is the professional development 
and career recognition program of the Medical 
Library Association. An AHIP­credentialed li­
brarian is required to have a master’s degree in 
library and information science, have worked 
in the health information field for fi ve years 
(ten years for the Distinguished Member level), 
and have demonstrated leadership skills in 
their profession. Academy members must re­
new their credentials every fi ve years. 

Lillian Lewis is now the Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alli­
ance program officer. She is responsible for the 
operation of the HBCU Library Alliance, which 
was formed after a historic meeting in 2002 of 
HBCU deans and directors of libraries. In addi­
tion, Lewis will coordinate and conduct a two­
year project to strengthen leadership within the 
HBCU library community and more effectively 
integrate library services into campus programs 
for teaching and learning. Lewis most recently 
worked for ALA as deputy executive director 
jointly of the Association of Specialized and 
Cooperative Library Agencies and the Refer­
ence and User Services Association. 

Clifford Lynch, executive director of the Co­
alition for Networked Information (CNI), has 
received the Ohio Board of Regents second 
George V. Voinovich Award for Information 
Innovation for his contributions in the use of 
information technology and networked infor­
mation for the advancement of scholarship, 
librarianship, and intellectual productivity. The 
award, created in 2002 by the Ohio Board of 

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Regents in recognition of OhioLINK’s ten years 
of service, is named for Ohio’s Senator George 
V. Voinovich. As Ohio governor, Voinovich 
spearheaded approval of initial major funding 
for OhioLINK, a consortium of 84 academic li­
braries and the State Library of Ohio, in 1992. 
The Voinovich Award recognizes an individual 
who develops and champions solutions to the 
problem of connecting people and information 
effectively and effi ciently. 

A p p o i n t m e n t s  

Edwin D. Follick has been appointed di­
rector of university libraries at South Baylo 
University. The position has responsibility at 
the main campus in Anaheim, as well as for 
the Los Angeles campus library and the Re­
search Center Library. He was appointed di­
rector of the business library in 2004 in South 
Baylo’s constituent university and served as 
adjunct professor of business law teaching 
health care law and ethics to juniors and se­
niors completing their bachelor’s of science 
in management degrees. 

Robert Cox has been appointed head of 
special collections and archives at University 
of Massachusetts­Amherst Libraries. 

Steve Dalton has joined the staff of the 
Boston College Libraries as preservation 
manager. 

Kurt Eldridge is now technical specialist 
for the Center for New Media Teaching and 
Learning at Columbia University. 

Dave Green is the new associate univer­
sity librarian for collections and information 
services at Northeastern Illinois University. 

Jonathan Hall has joined Columbia Uni­
versity’s Center for New Media Teaching and 
Learning as an educational technologist. 

Michele Hayslett has been appointed 
data services librarian at the North Carolina 
State University Libraries. 

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D. J. Hoek has been appointed head of 
the Music Library at Northwestern University 
Library. 

Jeffrey Makala is now assistant librar­
ian in Rare Books and Special Collections in 
the University of South Carolina’s Thomas 
Cooper Library. 

Jenna Miller has been named assistant 
university librarian in the Marston Science 
Library at the University of Florida. 

Cecilia Mullen has been appointed head 
of the Integrated Sciences and Engineering 
Library at University of Massachusetts­Am­
herst. 

Laurie A. Preston is now head of 
reference in the McGraw­Page Library 
at Randolph­Macon College in Ashland, 
Virginia. 

Jesus Alonso Regalado is the new refer­
ence librarian and bibliographer for history 
and Latin American and Caribbean studies at 
the University at Albany Libraries. 

Trish Rosseel has been appointed head 
of the reference division at Simon Fraser 
University in Burnaby, BC, Canada. 

Scott Stangroom has been appointed 
head of acquisitions at University of Mas­
sachusetts­Amherst. 

Csaba Szilagyi has joined the staff of 
the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at 
Columbia University as curator of the newly 
acquired Human Rights Watch Archives. 

Andy Taylor has joined the staff at Illinois 
State University as Web services librarian. 

Bryan Tronstad has accepted a refer­
ence librarian position at the University of 
Wyoming’s Science Library. 

Glen Wiley has been appointed serials 
and electronic resources librarian at the North 
Carolina State University Libraries. 

R e t i r e m e n t s  

Fred Hamilton retired from Louisiana Tech 
University in February 2005 after 24 years of 
service. Hamilton held various positions in­
cluding: head of bibliographic management, 

head of the cataloging department, assistant 
acquisitions librarian, and inter­library loan 
librarian. He served in leadership roles in 
the development of the LOUIS statewide 
network and has been active in the Louisi­
ana Library Association, the Louisiana Chap­
ter of ACRL, and NASIG. 

Marilyn J. Martin, dean of library services 
at Rowan University, has retired after a 30­
year career in librarianship. During Martin’s 
nine­year tenure at Rowan, a thriving Friends 
of the Library was established, several signif­
icant archival collections were acquired, and 
a new integrated system was implemented. 
Prior to the Rowan appointment, Martin was 
director of learning resources at Henderson 
State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. 
Her earlier positions included two in Wash­
ington state: reference librarian at Pacifi c Lu­
theran University in Tacoma and cataloger 
at St. Martin’s College in Lacey. Martin be­
gan her career in an Armed Forces library in 
Okinawa, Japan. She was active in various 
organizations at the national, regional, and 
state levels. She chaired the ACRL Research 
Committee (1995–97), the CLS Continuing 
Education Committee (2000), and the Li­
brary History Roundtable Research Commit­
tee (2000). She was president of the Tri­State 
College Library Cooperative (2002–03) and a 
member of the first executive board of the 
Virtual Academic Library Environment of 
New Jersey (1999–2002). She also served as 
an evaluator on Middle States teams (2001– 
03). A trained historian, Martin received the 
LHRT Dain Award in 1993 for her disserta­
tion on the history of public libraries in Ar­
kansas founded by women’s organizations. 
She has published in both library and his­
tory journals. 

D e a t h s  

Alexander MacGregor (Sandy) Gilchrist, 
74, head of collection development at the 
University of South Carolina’s Thomas Coo­

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per Library, died Janu­
ary 8 after a long illness. 
Gilchrist held an MLS 
from the University of 
Kentucky and served as 
a librarian at the Univer­
sity of Kentucky before 
becoming a reference 
librarian at the Univer­
sity of South Carolina in 
1981. 

Robert W. Severance, 97, retired director of 
the Air University Library, has died. He began 
his library career at North Carolina State Uni­
versity Library; was appointed library director 
at Stetson University; and, in 1940, became 
director and dean of libraries at Baylor Uni­
versity. He also worked in the Army Library 
at the Pentagon and the National Library of 
Medicine and retired as director of the Air 
University Library in 1973. Severance was a 
member of several state and national library 
associations and served as ACRL President 
from 1952 to 1953. He founded the Federal 
Librarians Round Table and was a consultant 
to several libraries in Europe, Asia, and South 
America. 

Elton Bryson Stephens, 93, founder and 
chairman emeritus of EBSCO Industries, Inc., 
has died. Stephens’ support of Alabama insti­
tutions of art and higher education includes 

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