Ray Bradbury - RIP

I read several books by Ray Bradbury when I was in school. The one that stuck with me the most was Fahrenheit 451, which horrified me by showing a world where books were burned instead of cherished. Rest in peace, Mr. Bradbury.

 Ray Bradbury, author of 'Fahrenheit 451,' dies
The Seattle Times
by John Rogers
Associated Press

Ray Bradbury anticipated iPods, interactive television, electronic surveillance and live, sensational media events, including televised police pursuits - and not necessarily as good things. (cont)

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, dies

Steve Jobs, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, died at the age of 56. His innovation, vision, and passion for products that were useful, elegant, and easy to use will be difficult to duplicate.

Story at CNN.

Judith Krug

New York Times obituary for Judith Krug, who worked with the American Library Association on free speech and banned books issues. She was 69.

Krug was appointed as director of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom in 1967 and executive director of the Freedom to Read foundation in 1969, according to the article.

ALA also has a news release about her death here.

Voice of Paul Harvey silenced

Paul Harvey, long time radio announcer and commentator, died at age 90. One obit may be found at the Washington Post. If you are of a certain age, you will probably remember his delivery of "This is Paul Harvey - stand by for news!" and his O. Henry style twists in the popular stories with the ending, "And that's the rest of the story."

Trammell Crow

Just saw in the paper that Trammell Crow, well known Dallas real estate developer, died Wednesday night. Here's a DMN column on him.

Ed Foster, GripeLog author

I've been reading Ed Foster's columns at the GripeLog since it was in paper edition in InfoWorld. I first noticed his work when he discussed why the proposed UCITA act was a very bad idea, and discussed it so ordinary people could understand why it was a bad idea. He was a voice for common people, shining a light on the deeds and misdeeds of the computer and information industry.

His son, Jeff Foster, posted an entry on the GripeLog blog about his father's death at age 59, from an apparent heart attack.

Guest Book for Bob Oakley

There is a guest book for Bob Oakley at http://www.legacy.com/washingtonpost/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=95420118

Follow up on Bob Oakley

Georgetown now has a brief announcement about Bob Oakley's passing. I met him once at AALL and was delighted with his humor and his intelligence. The law library community has lost a giant in our field.

Sad News about Bob Oakley

From today's Law Librarian Blog...
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2007/10/robert-oakley.html


"Bob Oakley, Director of the Library and Professor of Law, Georgetown Law Center, died suddenly Saturday. Bob was in the hospital following surgery and was expected to fully recover. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Bob served as Director of the Law Library at the Georgetown University Law Center since 1982. Prior to that time, he was the Director of the Library and Associate Professor at the Boston University School of Law and the Associate Law Librarian at Cornell. He received his law degree and B.A. from Cornell, and his library degree from Syracuse."--blogged by Joe Hodnicki

I'm so sorry to hear this...my thoughts and prayers to Bob's family and to the librarians at Georgetown.

Dr. Raymond von Dran passes

Dr. von Dran was the Dean of the Library School at UNT several years ago.

His obituary is on the DMN website today.

Lady Bird Johnson

I just heard this morning that Lady Bird Johnson died yesterday at the age of 94. It was sad from me to hear this news about a woman who was, in MHO, a big influence in our U.S. history in the civil rights movement and vitial in protecting our environment.

"She lived in Austin, Texas, where she oversaw the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and a wildflower research center in her name."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11664985

If you have not been to the library and/or wildflower center, might be a good day trip!