[PADG:155] News from UT Austin

[Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa <e.cunnk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: News from UT Austin

Dear Colleagues:

It gives me great pleasure to send you this exciting news from UT Austin.  I'll be in touch soon with further information.  It's a  great time for all of us in the preservation profession!

With all best wishes,

Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa

Director

The Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record

School of Information

The University of Texas at Austin

1 University Station D7000
Austin TX 78712-0390
Phone: 512.471.8287
FAX: 512.471.8285

E-mail: e.cunnk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Aug 18th 2004

Press Contact: Andrew Dillon, Dean, UT Austin School of Information 512-471-3828

UT Austin School of Information Establishes William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record.

School of Information receives $1m gift to endow work of the Kilgarlin Center.

AUSTIN, Texas - With a generous gift from former Supreme Court of Texas Justice William Wayne Kilgarlin, the School of Information will establish the William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record.

Through research and graduate education, the Center's mission is to advance knowledge and practice in the preservation of the record of human enterprise, creativity, and discovery. Building on the School of Information's top ranking programs in preservation management and conservation studies, the new Center will also address pressing concerns in digital preservation, and promote research, education, and public outreach in the broad area of cultural records management.

Andrew Dillon, Dean of the School of Information, notes: "The Kilgarlin Center is a tremendously exciting undertaking which will bridge traditional intellectual divisions to advance research and education on the significant preservation management problems facing our society."  The Center's focus on preservation marks a significant step towards advancing a broader view of cultural records management that incorporates research in archival studies, conservation science and advanced digital technologies.  Effective Sept. 1st, Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa will serve as Director of the Kilgarlin Center.

William Kilgarlin was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County, 1959-60.  From 1962-1978, Mr. Kilgarlin practiced law in Houston.  Subsequently, he served on the 215th Judicial District Court of Harris County from 1978-82.  In 1983, Mr. Kilgarlin was named to the Supreme Court of Texas, a position he held until 1988.  From 1992-93, Mr. Kilgarlin was appointed Court Master to formulate a plan for equality of Texas funding of public schools.  Mr. Kilgarlin is Of Counsel with Popp and Ikard LLP of Austin, Texas.  He resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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