In Memoriam

Dr. John C. Tyson died from the effects of a stroke Tuesday, November 7, 1995, in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was on the faculty of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in the School of Information Sciences.

John provided years of service to the Library Instruction Round Table. Foremost was his leadership of LIRTUs strategic planning initiatives, serving as team leader of the two LIRT Long Range Planning Retreats. He also served as LIRT secretary, and he ran for LIRT president. John served two separate terms as chair of the User Instruction for Information Literacy Committee.

John received his masterUs degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. His doctorate was awarded by Simmons College. During his career, John served as assistant director for planning at Northern Illinois University, University Librarian at the University of Richmond, and State Librarian for the Commonwealth of Virginia.