Donors Support Tisch Library's Level G Construction
News from Health Sciences Library

A message from the Chair
I am delighted to tell you about the many Friends events planned for 20032004. The Friends will present three Authors Talks: Professor Virginia Drachman, AP05, author of Enterprising Women; Professor Jay Cantor, author of Great Neck; and Gregory Maguire, G90, author of Mirror Mirror, who also has a play, Wicked, opening on Broadway this fall. And in response to Friends' suggestions, a special Friends workshop on "Uncovering the Hidden Web," with helpful pointers on how to find travel, health, financial and genealogical information on the web, will precede the November 4th Authors Talk. (See the Calendar of Friends Events in this issue for these events and others.)
The greatest excitement for me has been establishing my challenge gift to raise half the funding necessary to complete improvements to Level G of the library, which includes compact shelving and user seating. I chose this gift because students and faculty had identified making Level G publicly accessible a high priority. I am so pleased to report that because of Friends support, the construction is proceeding with a target completion date of January 2004. (See the box below for more information on the Level G construction project.)
Last year, the Friends contributed significantly to enhancing the collections and services of Tufts libraries. From July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, the Friends raised over $1,363,700 in cash and new commitments to support acquisitions, operating expenses, library construction, and book endowments. The names of 276 Friends appear within this newsletter, and I thank all of you for continuing to be a generous Friend to Tufts libraries. Library donations, especially during these tight economic times, are used directly for improvements to the collections and services to benefit current and future students. The entire Tufts Community is so very grateful for such generous support.

Tisch Library is pleased to announce that construction has begun for the renovation of Level G. New carpeting, overhead lighting, compact shelving, and user seating will allow for public access. Currently, older scholarly journals are stored in this area and staff must retrieve all requested items. When Level G renovations are complete this winter, shelving capacity of Tisch Library will be expanded to one million volumes to support enhanced graduate programs and research. The Tisch Library staff has developed detailed plans for the area, including the collection move.
JoAnn Giffuni Wellner, A63, Chair of the Friends of Tufts Libraries, has provided the lead gift in honor of her 40th class reunion. She is challenging fellow alums and Friends to match her gift in order to complete Level G.
If you would like to make a gift directed to this project, please contact Allison Davies at 617-627-3014 or allison.davies@tufts.edu. Thank you in advance for your support
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It was standing room only for Anita Shreve's, J68, Authors Talk on her latest book as well as reading from one in progress on April 1, 2003. Photo credit: J. D. Sloan
The sixth annual grant from the Berger Family Technology Transfer Endowment has been awarded to Digital Boston Geotechnical Database for Research, Teaching, and Technology Transfer in Education, submitted by Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geology, Tisch Library, Digital Collections and Archives, Geographic Information System (GIS) Center; and Academic Technology. More information about the awards can be found at here.
Alethea Barbaro received the second Maxine Newberg Gordon, J70, Book Prize for a math student with a passion for math and literature, which were Maxine's lifelong passions. Photo credit: J. D. Sloan
Doris Holmes Eyges (1st row, second on left) and two generations of the Holmes family visited campus to participate in the third Tufts Poetry Walk on April 17, 2003. Photo credit: J. D. Sloan
The Health Sciences Library is very excited to have begun the first phase of a two phase renovation project. This summer and fall we are rebuilding the entrance floor of the library to enhance the library and make it much more pleasant and welcoming. We are moving the current journals to this floor, adding a small coffee shop, and adding a lot of comfortable seating. The Circulation and Reference desks are being moved to a single location to make it easier for our students to know where to go. When complete, this phase of the renovations will provide more natural light in the seating areas and will include upgraded light fixtures for the library. These improvements will make the library a place that people will want to come to when studying alone or with friends.
The second phase of the renovation will expand and improve the Learning Resources Center on the fifth floor to add additional computer and networking access. As one of the few resources used by all of the schools on the Boston campus, the library is proud to be a place where all of the students, faculty and staff will be able to meet, work, study and learn together in a comfortable setting.
Tufts alumni from the V-12/NROTC program continue to be generous library supporters. Their Executive Board has decided to use the remainder of funds raised for the V-12 exhibits to create an exhibit endowment for Tisch Library. The endowment will be used to hire an exhibit designer to work with future reunion classes to create two new exhibits a year featuring memorabilia from Digital Collections and Archives. The goal is to select and mount exhibits with alumni themes, including Navy recognition when appropriate. Local area alumni in reunion classes ending in 9 or 4 who are interested in working with other alumni and an exhibit designer to create two exhibits during their reunion year should contact Tom Williams at 617-627-3279 as soon as possible.
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Continuing through January 15, 2004 Corridor to Dranetz Tower Tisch Library, Medford campus |
Due to popular demand, the exhibit Tufts and the V-12 Program, highlighting the personal stories of Michael Lash, Robert J. McNicholas, Curtis E. Drury, John F. Zamparelli, Victor A. Prather and Jason H. Samuels, continues to be displayed. |
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October 24, 2003 3:30-4:45 pm Tisch Library Reading Room Medford campus |
Friends and Parents Weekend Authors Talk by History Professor Virginia Drachman, AP05, entitled Enterprising Women, 250 Years of American Business. Book signing sponsored by Tufts University Bookstore follows talk. Reception in Alumni Lounge 5-6 pm. Exhibit containing the author's current and previous books is on display in Tisch Library lobby September 5-November 4, 2003. |
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November 4, 2003 2:15-3:15 pm Tisch Library Electronic Resources Center Medford Campus |
Workshop for Friends and alumni on "Uncovering the Hidden Web." Reference Librarian Anna Neatrour will teach you how to find the kinds of things most people want to locate easily on the web: travel, health, financial and genealogical information. |
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November 4, 2003 3:30-4:30 pm Tisch Library, Austin Room Medford campus |
Friends Authors Talk by English Professor Jay Cantor entitled Great Neck. Book signing sponsored by Tufts University Bookstore and reception follow talk. Exhibit on the author in Tisch Library lobby October 16, 2003-January 27, 2004. |
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January 16-August 19, 2004 Corridor to Dranetz Tower Tisch Library |
2004 Reunion Classes Exhibit will highlight people, places, events and traditions selected by this year's reunion classes to recreate their years at Tufts. |
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March 10, 2004 3:30-4:30 pm Tisch Library, Austin Room Medford campus |
Friends Authors Talk by Gregory Maguire, G90, entitled Mirror Mirror. Book signing sponsored by Tufts University Bookstore and reception follow talk. Exhibit in Tisch Library lobby February 5-April 2, 2004. The third Maxine Newberg Gordon, J70, Book Prize will be awarded before the Authors Talk to a mathematics major who has demonstrated a love of reading, literature and poetry. |
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April 23, 2004 10:30-11:30 am Walk starts on patio in front of Tisch Library, Medford campus |
The fourth Tufts Poetry Walk celebrates Tufts Poetry tradition of teaching the craft of poetry while being a writer of poetry. The tradition began with John Holmes, professor of English from 1930-1962, and has been passed down to our current Tufts Poet, Deborah Digges. The Poetry Walk visits sites around the Medford campus, where poems by Tufts Poets will be read aloud. Sponsored by Tisch Library and the English Department. Rain location: Hirsh Reading Room in Tisch Library. |
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May 17, 2004 10 am-5 pm Tisch Library |
Open House for Friends and Alumni provides the opportunity for self-guided tours of Tisch Library all day, with guided tours only between 2-5 pm. Come and see what's new at the library. |
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May 17, 2004 Noon-4 pm Digital Collections and Archives Tisch Library, Medford campus |
Digital Collections and Archives Open House provides an opportunity to view archival records from Tufts' collections. |
Any of the books featured in the Authors Talk may be obtained in advance from the Tufts University Bookstore, General Book Dept., 617-627-2060.
Latest calendar information at http://www.library.tufts.edu/friends/events.html. Please bookmark this URL.
Complete list of Friends events with the latest information at http://www.library.tufts.edu/friends/past_events.html
Top of pageFriends of Tufts Libraries: 2002 2003 Recognition List of Tufts Fund Capital Donors
This list recognizes Tufts alumni, parents and friends who so generously made gifts to support Tufts libraries–Tisch, Ginn, Health Sciences and Webster from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003.
Directors Circle ($1,000,000+)
Mr. Jonathan M. Tisch A76
Authors Corner ($100,000-$499,999)
Estate of Mr. John A. Seaverns
JoAnn Giffuni Wellner, Esq. J63
Library Associates ($10,000-$99,999)
Ms. Judith Lowenstein Feder J75
Readers Forum ($5,000-$9,999)
Mr. Andrew L. Giffuni
Mrs. Albert H. Imlah HW81
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Pasculano AP87
Best Friend of the Library ($2,500-$4,999)
Mr. Arthur H. Hirschberg E46
Ms. Virginia A. Loeb J75, AP04
Mr. George F. Kennard E46
Mrs. Majorie E. Kennard J46
Dr. Lawrence R. Shapiro A58, JP85
Mrs. John S. Solakian J60
Mr. James D. Sperling A74, AP04
Librarians Circle ($1,500-$2,499)
James A. Corwin, M.D. G70, M72
Mrs. Jewel Jackson J50
Mr. Warren E. Jackson E46
Mrs. Joyce K. Miller
Mrs. Elizabeth Ames Moran F63
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Pratt
Ms. Sondra A. Szymczak J59
Benefactor ($1,000-$1,499)
Mrs. Mehdi Ali J64, AP90, AP93
Mr. Bruce H. Bernstein A73, EP02
Dr. Bernardo Bertolucci H89
Ms. Susan C. Bruce J65, JP92
Dr. and Mrs. Seng C. Chang AP96
Ms. Dorothy Cooper
Mr. John K. Crossman A84
Mr. Frederick H. Hauck A62, AP87
Barry S. Keough, D.D.S. A84
Mrs. Mary L. Komidar
Dr. David L. Larson F57
Mr. Robert G. Leavitt A53
Susan K. Martin, Ph.D. J63
Mr. John H. Rixse III F68
Mr. John W. Rogers A47 *
Mrs. Marilyn P. Rogers J47
Prof. and Mrs. Jeswald W. Salacuse
David Shenker, M.D. M68
Helen M. Shields, M.D. M71
Mrs. Helene Ryan Warrener
Barbara A. Zeifer, M.D. M82
Sponsor ($500-$999)
Mr. Robert W. Barry A63
Mr. Micahel P. DAmbrosio F73
Dr. and Mrs. Michael H. Freed AP06
Ms. Keiko Iizuka F96
Harold G. Jacobs, D.M.D. A41, D45
Ms. Eileen B. Keane-Binns F66
Dr. and Mrs. Sik H. Kwan MP98
Mr. Eugene R. Nigro A52
Mr. Kurt Oppermann F86
Dr. Kathryn L. Radke J71
Barbara A. Rockett, M.D. M57, JP96, MP90, MP93
Francis X. Rockett, M.D. A53, JP96, MP90, MP93
Ms. Carolyn A. Scheer J70
Mrs. Judith Uhrig J55
Mr. R. Miles Uhrig, Jr. A51, G52
Mrs. Maron L. Waxman J61
Thomas B. Wiltbank, M.D. M68
Patron ($250-$499)
Dr. Alan C. Billotte A51
Mark S. Brown, M.D. M93
Dr. Carl Q. Christol, Jr. F36
Mr. William A. Clifford A83
Robert V. Dandrow, Jr., M.D. A47, M51
Allan S. Deutsch, D.M.D. D73
The Honorable Francois M. Dickman F48
Mr. Joseph C. Donnelly, Jr. A62
Mrs. Sheila F. Fleshman J80
Mrs. Andrea M. Johnson F70
Capt. William S. Johnson, USN F70
Mr. Hai Q. Li JP03
Ms. Eleanor Livingston
Ms. Lynne C. Maloney J88, F93
Drs. Padmini and Ranga Nathan AP06
Ms. Shira L. Nichaman J87
Ms. Monica Ortiz de Opperman F86
Mrs. Gabriela V. Pelin F98
Dr. Alicia Sue Peller J76
Dr. Nancy A. Potter J46, G47
Maryse Robert, Ph.D. F91
Charles E. Roy, M.D. A68, M72, AP03
Chi-Yun Sham, D.M.D. D88
Ms. Katherine Staack
Mrs. Pamela Tripp-Melby J70
Mr. Philippe Truan F89
Mr. Jaap A. Van Opstal F75
Mrs. Debra Van Opstal-Ginsberg F75
Laura and Jacob Walters AP03
Mr. Thomas E. Watkins A60
Contributor ($100-$249)
Mrs. Walter M. Anderson J64, AP91, JP93
Mr. Robert T. Angle A72
Ms. Anna L. Balogh F00
Prof. Laura Gavrelis Blomquist J52
Mr. C. Stuart Brewster A48
Mr. Samuel I. Brown A72
Mr. Jacek Bylica F98
Mr. Carl J. Carlsen A72
Mr. Frank T. Carlson A53
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Carrington JP00
Mr. Stephen G. Chasanoff A79
Ms. Martha L. Clark
Mrs. Barbara Climo J60, JP92
Mr. Steven J. Cohn A76
Professor Allan B. Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Coleman JP00
Ms. Sonia Collazo J86
Dr. and Mrs. James T. Dalton JP06
Mr. Jeremy A. Day F94
Mr. Eric W. Dewar A93
Mr. Robert C. Dick A44, A47
Mr. Paul K. Dober A60
Dr. Johanna T. Dwyer
Dr. Lorraine D. Eyde J53
Mr. Russell J. Figueira A68, F78
Mrs. Marjorie W. Ford J72, JP06
Mr. Eric B. Forseter A97
LtCol. Raymond H. Fredette A49, F50
Mr. Justin W. Goodhue A01
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Grossman JP03
Ms. Elizabeth S. Gulesian G67
Ms. Meredith Hall
Paul S. Hamlin, M.D. M58
Ms. Dina Hammam J94
Ms. Vicki Hanes-Siarnacki G79, JP05
Ms. Donna Harkavy J77
Col. Giles D. Harlow F65
Peter O. Hefron, Ph.D. F68
Richard Heller D.V.M.
Mr. Winslow S. Hill E45, E47
Mrs. Diane W. Knechtli J53
Ms. Carmen Lam F97
Mrs. Marcia A. MacClary J63
Ms. Madeline B. Mann J78, R78
Mrs. Karen L. Mattocks J78, J79
Margaret S. Maurin, Ph.D. JP94
Kathleen A. Mayzel, M.D. J74
Ms. Eve McNew
Ms. Jo-Ann Michalak
Mrs. Barbara B. Middleton T77
Mr. Peter T. Middleton A69
Michael C. Miller, M.D. A74, M78
William H. Mott IV Ph.D. F93
Mr. and Mrs. Leon C. Paretsky AP00
Mr. Michael V. Phelan F02
Dr. Janet Polivy J71
Capt. Charles W. Roe, USN (Ret.) F65
Ms. Kuniko Sakudo F98
John A. Sawicki, Ph.D. F98
Mrs. Susan Bubbers Scott J70, JP99, JP02
Elston Seal, Jr. M.D. A65
Dianne Sequoia, D.V.M. V87
Jack W. Siarnacki, D.D.S. A71, G80, JP05
Mr. John D. Spears F02
Jennifer M. Stickney, D.V.M. V01
Mrs. Phyllis H. Thomas MW43
Mrs. Genevieve L. Tom T78
Mr. James H. Uchiyama A60
Dr. Frederick Van Poznak A46
William H. Wainwright, Ph.D. F65
Mr. Reed W. Waite A73
Ms. Julie A. Wang E84
Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Warshawsky JP01
Mrs. Pauline L. White JP94
Mr. John E. Wiles A55
Dr. Victor J. Wilson A48, G49
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Wolf AP00, FP03
Dr. James W. Woodard F70
Capt. Elizabeth G. Wylie, USN-Ret. F73
Mr. Michael A. Young A84
Friend ($25-$99)
Mrs. Carolyn Bliss Allen J46
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Aresty EP03
Ms. Susan Bentley J66, EP88
Richard S. Berger, Ph.D. F64
Ms. Jean N. Berry
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bookstein
Mr. Mark Carey
Ms. Susan T. Caulfield J80
Mrs. Sandra A. Ciolfi J60, EP93
Mrs. Joy Collins J63
Mr. Peter R. Collins A63
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Collins, Jr. EP01
Mr. E.C. Cornog, III A93
Ms. Karen K. Dale J66
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dallas JP93
Mr. G. Warren Darling A55, C60
Dr. Carole S. Davison J56, F57
Ms. Josephine DeCristofaro
Margaret L. Delano, D.V.M. V88
Edward A. Dimmick, D.V.M. V99
Mrs. Christine A. Ecker J87
Ms. T. Frydryk and Mr. T. Fairchild JP06
Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Fleisher JP01
Mrs. Belle Gross Frank J76
Ms. Kathleen A. Gallery J62
Mr. Andrew A. Gates A88
Mr. William J. Giniewicz, III
Dr. Elizabeth G. Glover J59U
Marcy Coppelman Goldsmith, Ph.D. T78, G01
Ms. Lisa M. Gonzalez F96
Ronald A. Grant, M.D. A59
Gail C. Hansen, M.D. J66, M72
David S. Hays, M.D. A41, M44
Mr. Mahlon Henderson F68
Mrs. Barbara Hermanson J52, AP87
Arnaldo H. Hernandez Jarmardo, D.V.M. V92
Ms. Judith B. Hill J67
Ms. Lucinda A. Hofmann J70
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh O. Hunter JP99
Mr. Yorick G. Hurd, II A45, G47
Dr. and Mrs. Jon D. Inners JP92
Mr. Brent R. Jackson A64
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew N. Jensen
Mr. Alexander J. Karkota G69
Mr. Stanley D. Katz A69
Dr. and Mrs. George J. Kehrberger JP94, JP99, JP02
Mr. Fred Kersten
Ms. Helen R. Kessler G76
Mrs. Cathy J. Kolovson J75, JP06
Mr. Mark J. Kolovson A75, JP06
Dr. Margot S. Kruskall J70
Jerome M. Listernick, M.D. M58
Ms. Lisa M. Llorente T80
Prof. F. Roy Lockheimer A59, F60
Mrs. Clara M. Lodi JP88
Dr. Nan J. Lowerre AP94
Mr. Lennart A. Lundberg E39, G41
Mr. Robert B. Maidman A73
Mr. Gregory D. Malz A97
Ms. Mary Marier
Robert C. Marvit, M.D. M64
Mr. Stephen J. Mayer A69
Dr. Peter F. Merenda A45, A47, G48
Mr. Bruce J. Miller F68
Mrs. Sally F. Miller F68
Ms. Karen A. Miller
Miss Carol J. Moffitt J70
Ms. Ella H. Munro J35
Jean Spence Nagle J58
Ms. Sara B. Narins J95
Mrs. Constance Jahn Oura J44
Ms. Caroline S. Parr J72
Mrs. Frank W. Penniman J39, G40
Ms. Heidi A. Pickman J88, G92
Mr. Morris H. Rapoport A45, A47
Elise F. Rodman, M.D. J75, M79
Abraham E. Rosen, M.D. M39
Ms. Sandra Smeltzer Russell G73
Ms. Debra K. Sands AP05
Mr. Robert W. Schreiber A52, F53
Mr. Kurt A. Sollod A89
Mrs. Sylvie Otten Sollod J89
Mr. Mark B. Solomon E88
Mrs. Amy Karig Sommer J73, J74
Mrs. Margaret R. Starr J72, JP00
Lawrence Sweeney, M.D. A53, M57
Mrs. Susan M. Szabelski E76
Ms. Allison B. Taylor J95
Ms. Carolyn Tobey J84, R84
Ms. C. June Tow J62
Dr. Lance D. Trainor, M.D. A86
Mrs. Mary Tseroni F58
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. H. Turnbull A72, VP06
Mr. Richard L. Walder A85
Mr. Troy Brannan Wray F00
Mrs. David Yoemans J37
Other Gifts
Richard A. Brown, Ph.D. G73, G77
Mr. John S. Corcoran
Mark B. Devoto, Ph.D. JP86, JP89
Mr. John J. Eddy F61
Ms. Mary Garrison
Mary Habosian J59, G61
Mr. William D. Knott A46
Mr. Steven E. Lester A97
Ms. Donna L. McDaniel J56
Mr. Neel D. Mehta A99
Jordan S. Mencher, D.V.M. V93
Ms. Kerrie Richards
Ms. Julianna C. Short J94
Mr. William J. Starr
Mr. Nicholas Zaros G68
Lifetime Members (gifts of endowments in support of Tufts Libraries)
Mr. Constantine Alexander A63
Mr. Robert W. Barry A63
Ms. Barbara Barry
Mr. Curtis Campbell A29*
Mrs. Eunice G. Campbell J30*
Mrs. Lucille Cesari J52
Dr. Albert Cohen M42
Mr. John H. Crossman A84
Mr. Winslow H. Duke A53
Mrs. Edward P. Fitch J37
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Gonzalez JP04
Mrs. Barbara Hally
Mrs. Fairlee Towsley Hersey J35
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Lainoff, AP84
Ms. Virginia A. Loeb J75, AP04
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald E. Measer, AP93
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Newhouse, AP82
Mr. Daniel F. Pritzker, A81
Dr. and Mrs. Mathew Ross, A38, M42
Ms. Suki Sandler, J66
Mr. Harold M. Scott, Jr. AP74
Dr. Lawrence R. Shapiro A58, JP85
Richard J. Sheehan, D.V.M. VP98
Mr. James D. Sperling A74, AP04
Mr. Jonathan M. Tisch A76
Mr. Dean K. Webster
JoAnn Giffuni Wellner, Esq. J63
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Willis EP77
Mrs. Katherine B. Winter
* deceased
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