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<p><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NFAIS
MOURNS THE PASSING OF HONORARY FELLOW, DENNIS A. NORLIN</span></b><span
lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A
memorial service for Dennis will be held at Feast of Victory Lutheran Church,
Acme, on Saturday, June 29, 2013, at 7 p.m. A</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>t 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bonnie
Lawlor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Executive
Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National
Federation of Advanced Information Services (<i>NFAIS</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1518
Walnut Street, Suite 1004<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Philadelphia,
PA 19102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1-215-893-1561
Phone<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1-215-893-1564
Fax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>blawlor@nfais.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.nfais.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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