Dear ARLIS/NA Members,
There is a vehicle for publishing obituaries of our members which
you can see if you take a look at the past few issues of ARLIS/NA
Update. As mentioned on ARLIS-L last week, there was a written obituary
for Halina Rusak that was not sent to Update. It has since
been sent and will be published in the April issue. There was also
a notice of her death published with an article that she co-authored
in the Fall issue of Art Documentation. Unfortunately, due to
technical and mailing house difficulties, that issue's printing was greatly
delayed and has only just come out. We apologize for these delays.
Betsy Peck Learned
Co-Editor, Art Documentation
Linda Zieper,
Editor, ARLIS/NA Update
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From: Ray Anne Lockard <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Belated Sad news-Halina Rusak
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 09:50:15 EST
To: [log in to unmask]
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Ted: Thanks so much for letting us members know of Halina's death. I have
> appealed
> to the some members in the recent past that we carefully inform ARLIS/NA
> members of
> the death of our colleagues. Many professional organizations regularly publis
> obituaries, some organizations write lengthy articles about the person's
> professional
> accomplishments and publications. This is something that I think ARLIS/NA
> is ready
> to and should be doing. We should be proud to inform our colleagues of each
> other's
> professional and life-time accomplishments in our field. We meet as a society
> only
> once a year and while we get to know each other, we don't get to know our
> career
> stories. It is a way to honor the individual, inform Society members, and
> create
> documentation of our Society.
>
> Ray Anne Lockard
>
> Edward Goodman wrote:
>
> > Dear ARLIS/NA Members,
> > Former President Janis Ekdahl and I were surprised and dismayed to learn
> > that Halina Rusak died last Sept. 14. As a long-time member of ARLIS/NA
> > and ARLIS/NJ, she was known to many of our membership and will be missed.
> >
> > A memorial retrospective of her artwork can be viewed at Soho20 Gallery in
> > NYC through Jan. 27.
> >
> > I am attaching an obituary which was written for UPDATE but which we never
> > received.
> >
> > Ted Goodman
> > ARLIS/NA V-Pres/Pres.-elect
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:23:43 -0800
> > From: Maya Gervits <[log in to unmask]>
> > ---------------------------------------
> > "With great sadness we inform our colleagues that Halina Rusak, the head
> > of the Art Library at Rutgers University, passed away on September 14th,
> > 2000.
> >
> > Halina worked at Rutgers for 46 years, the last 20 at the Art Library.
> > Born in Belarus, Halina came to the US after World War II . She
> > graduated from Douglass College in 1954, majoring in French. She
> > graduated from Rutgers University with an MLS (1954) and an MA in art
> > (1976). One of her important achievements at Rutgers was overseeing the
> > construction of the new building for the Art Library.
> >
> > Halina will be remembered not only as a librarian, but also as an artist
> > and a scholar. Her paintings and graphic works were exhibited in
> > numerous galleries in the US and abroad. Her books "Abstract
> > expressionist women painters: bibliography" (coauthored), "Art and
> > Architecture of the Polacak Principality" (unfinished), and her
> > articles, especially her recent ones on St. Euphrosenia, are valuable
> > resources for scholars. For many years Halina was affiliated with
> > ARLIS/NA, holding positions of Vice Chair (1983-1985) and then President
> > (1985-1986) of the New Jersey Chapter.
> >
> > She will be missed greatly by the many people who knew her and admired
> > her work.
> >
> > [This notice was prepared by Halina's colleagues Maya Gervits and Ferris
> > Olin.]
> >
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> --
> Ray Anne Lockard, Head Librarian
> Frick Fine Arts Library
> University of Pittsburgh
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> Voice: 412-648-2411
> Fax: 412-648-7568
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> "A book should be a ball of light in one's hands."
> Ezra Pound
>
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Betsy Peck Learned
Architecture Librarian
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI 02809-2921
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