[Sigiii-l] Fwd: [Asis-l] Gretchen Whitney passes

[Michel Menou]

Very sad.
In addition to the bio below, allow me to mention that Gretchen served 
several years as secretary of SIG/III. She was a great help in these 
initial steps.
She had a profound interest for international dimensions of our field. 
For those who wonder, the name of her list is a tribute to Jesse Shera.
She was instrumental in an attempt we jointly developed to operate an 
electronic platform aiming at facilitating interaction and joint 
projects among LIS students and faculties around the globe.
Michel Menou

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Subject: 	[Asis-l] Gretchen Whitney passes
Date: 	Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:27:40 -0400
From: 	Richard Hill <rhill at asis.org>
To: 	<asis-l at asis.org>



We have learned that Gretchen Whitney passed.

She served ASIST in a variety of ways, including as Deputy Director of 
the SIG Cabinet and on the Board of Directors.

Gretchen also established and managed the e-mail list for Metrics.

Below is information from the University of Tennessee.

KNOXVILLE - - In Memoriam:  Gretchen Whitney, UT Knoxville School of 
Information Sciences retired associate professor, passed away in early 
April.  She graduated from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 
with both a bachelor's and master's degree.  She completed her doctorate 
at the University of Michigan in 1988. Both Whitney's master's and 
doctoral degrees were in library science. Whitney is best known for 
creating the jESSE listserv in 1994 which was the leading discussion 
group for library and information sciences educators until the StanleyK 
discussion group was established in 2007.

Whitney came to UT in 1994 and taught courses in information 
environment, web design and content representation until her retirement 
in Oct. 2009. Prior to coming to UT, she was on the faculty at the 
University of Arizona. Whitney also worked in special libraries and the 
information industry.  Whitney is survived by her sister Kay Whitney 
Fagundus of Winterville, NC. Gifts in memory of Dr. Gretchen Whitney can 
be made to the UT School of Information Sciences Enrichment Fund by 
selecting the "other fund not listed" option at 
https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1341/utk/index.aspx?sid=1341&gid=2&pgid=3204&cid=4841

/We want to stay connected with you!  CCI alumni can connect at 
http://www.cci.utk.edu/webform/keep-touch. /

/Donna Silvey/

Communication Specialist

The University of Tennessee

College of Communication & Information

Schoolof Information Sciences

1345 Circle Park Dr. Suite 451

Knoxville, TN 37996-0341

865.974.6727

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