Beth Logan Memorial
Welcome to the memorial page honoring the life and spirit of our friend and colleague Beth Logan, who passed away in February 2007.
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An inspiration to many
6 February 2007 - Caryn Anderson
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Below is the announcement by Dick Hill, Executive Director of ASIST:
For those of you who knew her, I'm sad to share the news that Beth Logan
passed away this morning. She retired from FSU School of Information
Science in 2001.
Her family and close friends are tentatively planning a musical memorial
service for the morning of Monday, February 19th.
Beth was on the ASIS&T Board, 1993-95, had chaired and been a member of the
Education, Research and Publications Committees, Chaired SIG ED and served
on juries and in many other ways.
Dick Hill
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Richard B. Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
A special person
8 February 2007 - Michel Menou
What makes ASIS&T different as a scientific society, in addition to its many unique characteristics, is its human dimension. Irrespective of their talents and accomplishments, which are often notorious, most members are the kind of persons one is happy to meet and spend even a short time together, one is even more sorry not to have met long enough.
Beth was one of these precious persons. Always attentive, supportive, enlightening.
A good friend and colleague
14 February 2007 - Schubert Foo
The Division had the good fortune of having Beth as a Senior Teaching Fellow for two years from 2001. She was a very good colleague, extremely, positive, full of joy and energy, generous in smiles and full of words of encouragement. She taught children's and young adult literature, school librarianship to our MSc(Information Studies) students and worked with us on information literacy and accreditation research, among other things. She obviously enjoyed her stinct at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, extending her original one year stay with us for another. We will all miss her much and the forthcoming Dr. Elisabeth Lohr Logan Memorial Fund at Oberlin College is a fitting tribute to our friend and colleague.
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From the Logan Weld Family web site and announcemet in JESSE
14 February 2007 - Michel Menou
A celebration of Beth's life will be held on Monday, February 19, 11:30 a.m., at Pisgah United Methodist Church followed by a reception at the Logan-Weld home. (Audio Tribute)
Elisabeth Lohr Logan, 71, died on January 31, 2007. Beth, as she was known to family and friends, lived life to the fullest. She taught at Florida State University's School of Information and Library Studies (now College of Information) from 1985 until 2001.
A dedicated teacher, she won the 1998 Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award from the American Society of Information Science. Dedicated in 2001, the "Logan Teaching Lab" at the College of Information recognizes her significant contributions to the school.
After retiring from Florida State in 2001 as professor emerita, she moved to Singapore to teach for two years at Nanyang Technological College. Returning to Tallahassee she soon tired of her second retirement and took over as director of the Radio Reading Service at WFSU-FM, a reading service for the blind and visually impaired.
An extensive world traveler and adventurer, Beth embraced activities ranging from trekking in Nepal to bungee jumping. She loved downhill skiing, swimming, reading, running and playing the flute.
Beth was active in the Killearn United Methodist Church Bell Choir and the Tallahassee Community Chorus. Drawing friends together, she was the inspiration behind the O.F. potluck dinner club for retired FSU SILS faculty as well as the "Whatever" Book Club.
Beth is survived by her father, Arthur D. Lohr of Wilmington, Delaware, her husband, Edric A. Weld of Tallahassee, Florida, her three children, Kathleen Logan Rundquist of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Keith Kellogg Logan of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Amy Logan Johnston of Addison, Vermont. She is also survived by her three stepchildren, Leisa Weld of Victoria, British Columbia, David Weld of Walnut
Creek, California, and Judith Hill-Weld of Nevada City, California, and 11 grandchildren.
Beth received her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and her doctorate from Case Western Reserve University.
In lieu of flowers, donations are welcomed to the Dr. Elisabeth Lohr Logan Memorial Fund at Oberlin College, established to support women students in the sciences, arts or humanities who will study or complete a research project in the Middle East. Checks, marked with purpose of the contribution, should be addressed to the:
Elisabeth Logan Memorial Fund,
Oberlin College,
Bosworth Hall 102,
Oberlin, OH 44074.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS (Google Maps)
Pisgah United Methodist Church(map)
7000 Pisgah Church Rd
Logan Weld Home (map)
6180 Pimlico Ct Tallahassee, FL
Radio Reading Tribute
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