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Cecilia was was my first supervisor when I started working at the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries as a teenager. She was an adult so she seemed much older, but I imagine she couldn't be much more than 10 or 15 years older than me. What a survivor: to last through all the turmoil at the Smithsonian over the years. I kept in touch after she retired and she always wanted to hear what was new and to gossip. The best Chinese meal I ever had was when she escorted a small group of us to a restaurant in Chinatown in SF during that conference and did all the ordering. She will be missed. Daniel Starr > On Nov 4, 2022, at 4:18 PM, Irvine, Betty J. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > A lovely human being and outstanding art librarian. With heartfelt compassion for Cecilia Chin’s passing. BJ Irvine > > From: ARLIS/NA List <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> On Behalf Of Evenhaugen, Anne C. > Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2022 9:19 AM > To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [ARLIS-L] Cecilia Chin's passing > > Hi all, > > Another sad note, to share that former SAAM librarian Cecilia Chin passed peacefully on October 22nd, 2022. She was living in a nursing home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and cared for by a niece. > > Cecilia had been the Head Librarian for the Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library from 1982 until her retirement in 2010. She came to DC from the Art Institute of Chicago’s Ryerson & Burnham libraries. Between her retirement and her move to Michigan, she was an active docent for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. > > There have not been public arrangements announced, but because of her time in DC, the family will likely hold a memorial in DC in the summer. > > Anne > > Anne Evenhaugen > Librarian, she/her > Head, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > http://library.si.edu/libraries/aapg <http://library.si.edu/libraries/aapg> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna <http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna>Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org <http://lsv.arlisna.org/> Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna <http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna>Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org <http://lsv.arlisna.org/> Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~