UDLA officers
University of Delaware Library Associates 2015 officers elected
12:47 p.m., Dec. 8, 2014--The University of Delaware Library Associates, the “friends group” of the University of Delaware Library, held the annual meeting of the board of directors on Tuesday, Nov. 18, and elected the officers for calendar year 2015.
The officers are as follows:
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- President Wilson J.C. Braun Jr., managing director and chairman of Mid-Atlantic region, J.P. Morgan Private Bank.
- Senior Vice President Theodore F. Killheffer, UD Class of 1958 and private attorney.
- Vice President Edmond L. Lincoln, retired investment banker.
- Treasurer Joseph P. Melloy Sr., president of Technology Planning Group.
- Secretary Marsha Barnett, court appointed special advocate (CASA) for the state of Delaware.
- Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Susan Brynteson, vice provost and May Morris university librarian at the University of Delaware.
At the meeting on Nov. 18, Braun presented a gift check for $40,000 on behalf of the University of Delaware Library Associates to Provost Domenico Grasso and Brynteson.
The contribution will be used to assist with the purchase of acquisitions of materials for Special Collections in the University of Delaware Library.
Re-elected board members for the term of Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2017, are:
- Charles M. Allmond III
- Maxine L. Colm
- Lammot Copeland Jr.
- James P. Dalle Pazze
- Richard L. Dayton
- Robert D. Fleck Jr.
- Vance A. Funk III
- Edmond L. Lincoln
- Gordon A. Pfeiffer
- William T. Quillen
- Robert H. Richards III
- Mark Samuels Lasner
Newly-elected board members for the term of Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2017, are Robert Abbott Jr. and Susan Grasso.
The University of Delaware Library Associates work to expand and enrich the research collections of the University of Delaware Library through gifts from individual members, funds raised by sponsored programs and by donations of significant books.
Contributions of the University of Delaware Library Associates assist the University of Delaware Library financially with the acquisition of rare library materials for Special Collections which otherwise could not be acquired.
The Library Associates also support an annual lecture program featuring the research of a University of Delaware faculty member and sponsor an exhibition program with a reception.
The Library Associates sponsor an annual fund-raising dinner that includes a presentation by an author of national acclaim. In 2015 the annual dinner will be held on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, with speaker Daniel Okrent, a much respected American writer and editor, who will speak about his most recent book, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition.
The Library Associates publish a semi-annual Newsletter of the University of Delaware Library Associates.
The University of Delaware Library Associates welcomes new members. Contributions begin at $35 per year and include a special rate of $5 per year for students. The membership brochure of the Library Associates is available via the library web.
To request a printed membership brochure, interested persons can send an email message to UDLA@udel.edu or contact Library Administration at 302-831-2231.