mark writes \”You can\’t look it up (online), at least not yet.
Although the online version of the obituary in Friday\’s NY Times reads:
\”Alfred H. Lane, Philanthropic Librarian, 85, Dies\”
see NYTimes Link
In printed copies of the newspaper, the obituary had the title:
\”Alfred H. Lane, 85, a Librarian
Who Wasn\’t in it for the Money.\”
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AccessAtlanta is another place to read it as well. They say by the time he retired in February 2001, leaving a $25,000 contribution for the room\’s endowment fund, Mr. Lane had assembled a collection of 3,000 books geared to writers\’ interests, including encyclopedias, foreign language dictionaries, a text on medieval Icelandic drama and a history of hell.
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