[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [alacoun] Judith Krug passing]

[Suzanne Sager]

FYI,

Suzanne L. Sager
Oregon Chapter Councilor

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Subject: 	[alacoun] Judith Krug passing
Date: 	Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:10:09 -0400
From: 	Keith Michael Fiels <kfiels at ala.org>
To: 	ALA Council List <alacoun at ala.org>



 

*Judith Fingeret Krug*, 69 passed away April 11, 2009 at Evanston 
Hospital.  Advisor, author and public servant, she was a remarkable 
leader in the struggle to educate the public concerning the right to the 
free expression of ideas.  Judy was an inspiration to all who knew her.

She was the Executive Director of the Freedom to Read Foundation and 
Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library 
Association for over forty years.    She worked tirelessly to guarantee 
the rights of individuals to express ideas and read the ideas of others 
without governmental interference.  Through her unwavering support of 
writers, teachers, librarians, and above all, students, she has advised 
countless numbers of librarians and trustees in dealing with challenges 
to library material.  She has been involved in multiple First Amendment 
cases that have gone all the way to the United States Supreme Court.  In 
addition, she was the founder of Banned Books Week, an annual week-long 
event that celebrates the freedom to choose and the freedom to express 
one's opinion. 

During a time in our nation's history when an individual's rights to 
access information are constantly under attack, she worked to ensure the 
public's right to know through traditional means, as well as through the 
Internet.  Her legacy is a lifetime of passionate commitment, advocacy, 
and affirmative actions to protect the Constitutional rights of citizens 
granted under the First Amendment.

Recipient of countless awards and offices including: the Joseph P. 
Lippincott Award, the Irita Van Doren Award, the Harry Kalven Freedom of 
Expression Award, and most recently the William J. Brennen, Jr. award, 
from the Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression.  In July, she will 
be honored by the Freedom to Read Foundation for her years of vision and 
leadership.  In addition, she served as a senator and Vice President of 
the Phi Beta Kappa society.

Born in Pittsburgh, Judith graduated from the University of Pittsburgh 
and received a Masters degree from the University of Chicago and a PhD 
from the University of Illinois.

She is survived by her husband Herbert and her loving children Steven 
(Denise) of Northbrook, and Michelle (David) Litchman of Glencoe and 
five adoring grandchildren: Jessica, Sydney, Hannah, Rachel and Jason.  
Additionally, she is survived by her brothers, Jay (Ilene) Fingeret and 
Dr. Arnold (Denise) Fingeret of Pittsburgh PA, and her sister and 
brother-in-law, Shirley and Dr. Howard Katzman of Miami, FL. She was 
preceded in death by her sister Susan (Steve) Pavsner of Bethesda MD.

Services will be held at Beth Emet Synagogue, 1224 Dempster St., 
Evanston IL, Tuesday April 14^th at 10:00a.m. followed by internment at 
Shalom Memorial Park.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be 
made to The Freedom to Read Foundation, 50 East Huron, Chicago Illinois 
60611, or www.ftrf.org 
<https://owa.ala.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://owa.ala.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ftrf.org/> 
.


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Suzanne L. Sager
Library East, Cataloging
Portland State University

503-725-8169
503-725-5799
sagers at pdx.edu

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