I received this from Frank's colleagues at Columbia University.
With great sadness I convey the news that Frank Unlandherm passed away yesterday afternoon. Frank began working at Columbia University Libraries in 1965, after earning a degree in Near East Studies from Princeton, traveling and studying in London and the Middle East. He earned an MLS at Columbia in 1967. Starting as a cataloger and acquisitions assistant, Frank became the Middle East Bibliographer in 1969, adding Jewish Studies to his portfolio in 1993. After retiring in 2004, Frank came back to work part time to help us with the Jewish Studies collections. Frank was tireless in his efforts to build strong and comprehensive collections from and about the Middle East. Just prior to his retirement he developed the collections in the Islamic Studies Reading Room in Butler Library. He assembled one of the first portals for Middle East-related websites at the dawn of the internet age. He leaves a distinguished and valuable legacy in all the books and bytes he curated for faculty, students and scholars at Columbia and beyond. We remember him as a cheerful and friendly colleague, never too shy to ask another selector to pay for one of his books. His travel and cruise stories were legendary as were his love a good meal and shopping on eBay. He will be greatly missed. To honor Frank's wishes, his family and the libraries are hosting a gathering at V&T Pizza this coming Sunday, Nov. 22nd. It will be an open house and folks are welcome to stop by any time between 1:00pm and 4:00pm. We will be in the back room of the restaurant. Any colleagues from JTS who wish to attend and remember Frank are most welcome. The Middle East Librarian Association has been discussing the development of a scholarship to honor Frank and recognize achievements in this field. I'll be happy to forward this information to you when available. --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
