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Dinner raises funds for UCSD's research libraries

Sep 23, 2009
By Ruth Marvin Webster





		John Berol and Carmen McKenna
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		Pat Crowell with Mark Trotter and his wife, Jean
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		Marc Effron and William Maher
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		Catherine Friedman with Rosanne and Joel Holliday
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		Audrey Geisel with Larry Scott
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		John Wheeler, Jackie Hanson and Director of Communications for the UCSD Libraries Dolores Davies
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		Linnea Larson and David Wolff
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		Guests mingle before entering the Geisel Library for the annual Dinner in the Library.
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		Lynne Owen, Maggi Crowell and Cole Owen
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		University Librarian Brian Schottlaender, UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and Seth Lerer
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		Thomas Tracy, James Tracy and Karen Tracy
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UCSD Librarian Brian Schottlaender hosted the university libraries' sixth annual Dinner in the Library event Sept. 17 at the Geisel Library. Renamed Geisel Library in 1995, it stands in honor of Audrey and Thedor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) for their generous contributions to the library and to literacy.

Audrey Geisel joined more than 100 other supporters who gathered before sunset to mingle and enjoy cocktails and appetizers provided by ChileCo Catering. Afterward they made their way into the library for a four-course dinner featuring Napa cabbage salad, edamame-encrusted Opah, ricotta pasta pillows, and a special huckleberry pot of crème. Guests dined by candlelight among the books at one long table decorated with stunning red rose bouquets.

Seth Lerer, University Dean of Arts and Humanities, was the evening's speaker. He spoke on "the American language in our times." Relatively new to the faculty, his teaching and research address Medieval and Renaissance literature, the history of the English Language, Children's Literature, and the history of scholarship. Proceeds from the event go to support the purchase of library materials, instruction and services.

The UCSD libraries are consistently ranked among the top 25 public academic research libraries in the nation.

Ruth Marvin Webster

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