[nfais-l] NFAIS Obituary - Honorary Fellow Dennis A. Norlin

[Bonnie Lawlor]

NFAIS MOURNS THE PASSING OF HONORARY FELLOW, DENNIS A. NORLIN

It is with deep sadness that we report the recent death on June 7, 2013 of
Dennis A. Norlin, a former Executive Director of the American Theological
Library Association (ATLA), an NFAIS member organization.  Dennis was one of
founders of the NFAIS Humanities Roundtable and a long-time supporter of the
Federation.  He was inducted as an NFAIS Honorary Fellow in 2011. 

Dennis had deep roots in the Humanities and Information Communities. He was
a professor of Philosophy and Religion at Purdue University and South Dakota
State University (1976-1988), a pastor at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Ft.
Dodge, Iowa, and Zion Lutheran Church in Philo, Ill., Director of Pastoral
Services at Trinity Regional Hospital in Ft. Dodge, Iowa, Assistant
Undergraduate Librarian at the University of Illinois (1988-1993), the
Director of the Devereaux Library at the South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology in Rapid City, S.D., (1993-1995) and, as mentioned earlier, the
Executive Director of the American Theological Library Association in
Chicago, Ill. from 1995 until his retirement in 2010.

Dennis earned several degrees including a BA from Augustana College (1964),
a B.Divinity from Luther Seminary (1968), a PhD in Protestant Theology from
The University of Iowa (1972) and a MLS from the University of Illinois
(1989). His areas of scholarship included the theology of Alfred North
Whitehead, Process Thought and American Church History. 

A memorial service for Dennis will be held at Feast of Victory Lutheran
Church, Acme, on Saturday, June 29, 2013, at 7 p.m.  At a future date (to be
determined), ATLA will host a gathering in downtown Chicago in honor of
Dennis. Some of the Norlin family members will attend as honored guests.
Details will be provided.

Members of the NFAIS Humanities Roundtable will dedicate their 2013 Workshop
in honor of Dennis.  It will be hosted by ATLA on September 30, 2013 in
Chicago and will close with a toast in celebration of his life and his many
contributions to the Humanities and to NFAIS.

 

Bonnie Lawlor

Executive Director

National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS)

1518 Walnut Street, Suite 1004

Philadelphia, PA 19102

 

1-215-893-1561 Phone

1-215-893-1564 Fax

blawlor at nfais.org

www.nfais.org

 

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