Volume 11, Number 5
Jul 1987

People

• Emilio Brugalla, grand master of bookbinding in Spain and prolific author, died April 1 at the age of 85. His son Santiago continues the Brugalla style and carries on the business in Barcelona. Philip Smith wrote an obituary for the June DB Newsletter.
• Kathryn Gerlach has retired and sold the Gerlach bindery to the New York Historical Society. Now she plans to write her memoirs, the story of Gerhard's and her life in bookbinding (the Gerlach bindery opened in 1934).
• Terry 0. Norris, whose retirement from Nekoosa Papers was announced in the last issue, plans to remain active in professional societies and advisory committees including those concerned with alkaline papers. His address is P.O. Box 592 Downtown Station, Boone, NC 28607.
• Carla J. Montori was appointed Preservation Officer at the University of Michigan Library, effective June 1, with a joint appointment in the library school there. One of her duties will be to design and implement a statewide cooperative preservation program. She is a member of ALA AIC and GBW.
• Karen Nippa is the new editor of the RBMS Newsletter. Her address is: Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19107. (This corrects the "Useful Addresses" listing for the RBMS Newsletter.)
• Cheryl Carrabba has left the Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas and has set up a private practice in association with Craig Jensen. The address is the same (8403 Cross Park Drive, Suite 2E, Austin, TX 78754) but the phone numbers are different. Carrabba Conservation is at 512/832-1107 and the Jensen Bindery is at 512/837-0479.
• Monona Rossol, former President and cofounder of the Center for Occupational Hazards, has founded a new not-for-profit corporation, "Arts, Crafts, and Theater Safety (ACTS)," at 181 Thompson St., #23, New York, NY 10012 (212/ 777-0062). She will continue to assist conservators with health and safety problems by taking written and telephone inquiries, lecturing, and consulting.