[Sighfis-l] Multiple ASIST award winner Wilf Lancaster passes away

[Richard Hill]

F. W. "Wilf" Lancaster, GSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
professor emeritus, passed away on Sunday, August 25, at his home in Urbana,
Illinois. He was 79 years old. He is survived by his wife of 52 years,
Cesaria; and his children, Miriam, Owen, Jude, Aaron, Lakshmi, and Raji; and
his 13 grandchildren.

 

Among the ASIST awards he earned are:

 

Award of Merit, 1988:

 

Best Information Science Book of the Year, 1992 for "Indexing and
Abstracting in Theory and Practice."

 

Best JASIST Paper, 1969, for "MEDLARS: Report on Evaluation of its Operating
Efficiency"

 

Complete notice from UIUC at 

http://www.lis.illinois.edu/articles/2013/08/professor-emeritus-f-w-lancaste
r-passes-away

 

 

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Richard Hill

ASIS&T Executive Director

1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510

Silver Spring, MD 20910

FAX: (301) 495-0810

Voice: (301) 495-0900

rhill at asis.org

 

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