[Asis-l] Sad news -- Danny Wallace

[Richard Hill]

Sad news regarding Professor Danny Wallace:   http://slis.ou.edu/

We are very sorry to announce that Dr. Danny P. Wallace, former Director of OU SLIS, has passed away on December 6, 2016. There will be a memorial service at Goodrich Memorial United Methodist Church in Norman, date and time to be announced.

 


Dr. Wallace received his MLIS from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1977 and his Ph.D. in LIS from the University of Illinois in 1985. He began teaching LIS classes in 1979 and was a professor at a number of institutions including Louisiana State University, Indiana University, Kent State University, University of Oklahoma, and University of Alabama. He also was Director of the Kent State (1996-2000) and University of Oklahoma (2000-2005) programs. Before his retirement in 2015, he was Professor and EBSCO Endowed Chair of Library Service at the University of Alabama. Dr. Wallace was a prolific author and presenter and his very long list of publications and more can be found on his University of Alabama website http://bama.ua.edu/~dpwallace/ <http://bama.ua.edu/%7Edpwallace/>