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<p class="yiv0771583764msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Michigan librarians,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv0771583764msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kalamazoo Public Library and our community (and the library profession) recently lost an instrumental figure in the history of KPL. Longtime, former director
Saul Amdursky passed away July 30, 2021 after a battle with cancer. Saul brought significant, positive changes in library service to Kalamazoo, and his efforts led to the library becoming one of the first formed as a district library in Michigan, the eventual
construction and renovation of all KPL library locations in the late 1990s, and acclaim as the Library Journal National Library of the Year honor in 2002. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv0771583764msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Originally from Rochester, New York, Saul graduated with his library degree from University of Kentucky, and embarked upon a career that included stops at libraries
in Prince William County, Virginia (1971-1975); Albion, Michigan (1975-1979); Racine, Wisconsin (1979-1982); Bloomington, Illinois (1982-1987); Kalamazoo (1987-2004); Fraser Valley Regional Library System, British Columbia (2004-2007); and Des Moines, Iowa
(2007-2010). Saul advocated enthusiastically for great public library service here in Kalamazoo and nationally, and the passion for his profession was evident in every conversation.
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<p class="yiv0771583764msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We will miss him, yet his memory and significant contributions to Kalamazoo and the library world remain! According to the Amdursky family, a memorial service
will take place later this fall in Kalamazoo.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Ryan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ryan Wieber | Director</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Kalamazoo Public Library | CEN<br>
315 S. Rose St. | Kalamazoo, MI 49007<br>
(269) 553-7828<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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