Volume 15, Number 7
Nov 1991

People

• George M. Cunha will be visiting St. Petersburg (Leningrad) and Moscow from December 5 to January 20, to present a series of lectures on the conservation of library and archival materials. The first lectures will be at the Saltykov Shchedrin State Public Library, Dec. 9-14. His way is being paid by the Renaissance Foundation of St. Petersburg.

• Josef Hanus, Head of Conservation and Research at the Slovak National Archives in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, paid a working visit to the Conservation Treatment Division of the National Archives of Canada for three months, June-September 1991.

• Mary-Lou Florian retired at the end of September. She had been head of conservation at the Royal British Columbia Museum.

• Linda Stiber has joined the Library of Congress Conservation Office staff as paper conservator.

• Amparo Tortes is the new Assistant to the Conservation Officer at the LC Conservation Office.

• Julius Grant, forensic scientist and paper specialist, died in London July 5, at the age of 89 (not 94, as one might believe from a mistaken report of his age in the AN July issue, p. 70).

• Peter Mustardo went back into private practice in photograph conservation with Nora Kennedy, October 4.

• Debra McKern went to Egypt on a six-month fellowship in October, as part of the ALA Library Book Fellows Program, jointly sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency (USIA). She will be conducting a preservation needs assessment for the National Library of Egypt.

• Leonard Schlosser, bibliophile, paper historian and former chairman and CEO of Lindenmeyr Paper Corp., died June 25at the age of 66, of lung cancer.

• Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler was named a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists at this year's SAA meeting, for her outstanding contribution to the archival profession. This is the highest individual honor bestowed by the Society.

• Jane Pairo, Manager of SOLINET's Preservation Program, died October 5 in Philadelphia. She had been hospitalized there while attending the Society of American Archivists conference.

• John Boral and Jean Oppedisano have started a new marketing and advertising agency for the library and archival marketplaces. It is called Business 2 Business Direct, and the address is 241 East Main St., Suite 161, PO Box 1633, Westfield, MA 01085 (phone or fax: 413/562-2587).

• Carol Sue Whitehouse has taken the position of Administrative Conservator at the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610. Her new E-Mail address is: 70740.2647@compuserve.com.