J. Dennis Day
"Thank you for acting as the Foundation's guiding star -- helping the Foundation develop and maintain its mission, defending fundamental rights, and preserving and protecting access to information from all points of view."
--Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Citation. Gordon M. Conable, President; Barbara Froling Immroth, Vice-President. Chicago, Illinois; June 1995. https://www.familysearch.org/en/memories/memory/143492664/1995+FTRF+Roll+of+Honor+inductee+J+Dennis+Day
Intellectual Freedom Round Table – Page 4
https://alair.ala.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/2726d262-51b2-40b9-9a30-5279d4c4beb6/content
Desert News
https://www.deseret.com/1995/8/5/19186041/j-dennis-day-library-director-dies-after-a-6-month-illness/
Sources submitted by June Garcia
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In honor of the Sesquicentennial (150th Anniversary of ALA) in 2026, the Library History Round Table is hosting Librarians We Have Lost, Sesquicentennial Memories -1976-2026. This collage of tributes seeks to honor librarians who died between 1976-2026. The tributes are published to ALA Connect and a digital memorial on LHRT News & Notes.
We invite tributes from anyone about any library worker who passed away between 1976-2026. To submit a tribute, please use the form at https://lhrt.news/librarians-we-have-lost-sesquicentennial-memories-1976-2026-2/
For questions or comments, please reach out to Dr. Kathleen McCook (kmccook@usf.edu) or Brett Spencer (dbs21@psu.edu).
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Brett Spencer
Reference Librarian
Thun Library, Penn State Berks
He/Him/His
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