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Katherine, I am truly sad to learn of Florence's passing. I had the pleasure of meeting her at the 2010 ARLIS Conference in Boston. Needless to say, she left an impression on me and we always talked about visiting each other's institutions. Alas, that never happened. She will be remembered. Mario -- Thanks!! Mario A. Ascencio Director Corcoran Library Corcoran Gallery of Art / College of Art + Design 500 Seventeenth Street NW Washington, DC 20006 t: (202) 478-1543 f: (202) 628-7908 e: [log in to unmask] http://www.corcoran.edu/library *Small Library...Big Impact.* On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Katherine Cowan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It is with great sadness we share with you that our dear friend and > colleague Florence Thorp died early on October 3rd at her parent’s home in > Vernon Center, NY. Florence joined MICA in July, 2001 as Director of the > Media Resources Collection. She was promoted in June, 2009 to Director of > the Decker Library when the Library and Media Resources were merged into a > single department. Florence had previously worked in visual resources at her > alma mater, Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. > > > Florence courageously battled pancreatic cancer over the past year. She was > one of the best of us, a consummate professional, always with a smile and a > wonderfully mischievous sense of humor. She will be tremendously missed by > all who had the pleasure of knowing her. > > > > A memorial gathering will be held at MICA's Decker Library on Thursday, > October 6, at 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Anyone in the area is welcome to join us. The > Decker Library is located in the Bunting Building at 1401 W. Mount Royal > Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217. Here is a link to map and directions from > MICA's website: http://www.mica.edu/Maps_and_Directions.html > > > For those in the region of New York State, services for Florence will be in > Vernon Center, NY, also on Thursday, October 6. A full obituary with details > about the services can be found at the following link to the Utica > Observer-Dispatch: > > > http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/uticaod/obituary.aspx?n=florence-jill-thorp&pid=153963121 > > > > Cynthia Barth / Dean for Academic Services > > Maryland Institute College of Art > > 410-225-4229 or 410-225-4233 > [log in to unmask] / www.mica.edu > > Katherine Cowan / Senior Reference Librarian > Decker Library & Media Resources Collection, MICA > 410-225-2714 > [log in to unmask] / www.mica.edu/library > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters > (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~