It is with deep sorrow that I must inform you that Sue Welsh, the Head
of Electronic Information at Pacific/McGeorge School of Law has passed
away due to injuries she sustained in a swimming pool accident at her
home this weekend. A memorial service will be held at Pacific/McGeorge
School of Law on Wednesday, July 7 at 1:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall.
Cards and notes may be sent to the family at:
Neil Welsh
11501 East Peltier Road
Acampo, California 95220
The family requests that flowers be sent to McGeorge in conjunction
with the service. They should be delivered to the Gordon D. Schaber Law
Library, McGeorge School of Law. Gifts in Sue's honor may be made to
the Sue Welsh Memorial Bench Fund, McGeorge School of Law.
A law librarian for 26 years, Sue worked in both court and academic law
libraries. She began her law librarianship career at the US Court of
Claims Library in Washington, D.C. in 1968. Sue worked at the Federal
Judicial Center for over a decade, where she first helped to establish
and then manage its library. In 1981, Sue and her family moved to
Northern California. Sue worked at the US Court of Appeals (Ninth
Circuit) Library in San Francisco for nine years. Sue's hard-work and
dedication to her patrons and her colleagues resulted in her being
promoted to Deputy Circuit Librarian in 1984. In 1990, Sue made the
transition to academic law libraries when she began working at the
Gordon D. Schaber Law Library, McGeorge School of Law as our Reader
Services Librarian. She was promoted to our Head of Electronic
Information in 2000. Sue was extremely well-liked by the McGeorge
students and the characteristic concern and caring that she brought to
her work every day made her popular with all her colleagues. Her office
door was always open and, no matter how many things she was working on,
she always jumped at the chance to help students and faculty with their
research needs. Sue was an extremely valuable and beloved member of the
McGeorge family who will be deeply missed.
Sue was an active member of several law library associations, including
AALL, NOCALL, SLA and WestPac. Since becoming a AALL member in 1970,
Sue served on a variety of committees, including Membership, Placement,
Index to Legal Periodicals, Scholarships, Public Relations, Awards and
Grants. Sue was a dedicated NOCALL member, regulary attending both
business meetings and the annual institutes/workshops. She served on
many NOCALL committees over her 23 years of membership, including
Grants, Nominations and Placement. Sue was NOCALL's Secretary in
1983-84, Vice President/President-Elect in 2000-01, President in
2001-02, Past-President in 2002-03, and a member of the Executive Baord
in 1997-98.
If you are unable to attend the service but would like to share your
memories of and feelings about Sue with her family and friends, please
send me an email and we will have it read at the service. Please
contact me if you have any questions.
Kim Clarke
Kim Clarke
Acting Director
Gordon D. Schaber Law Library
Pacific/McGeorge School of Law
3282 Fifth Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone (916) 739-7183
Fax (916) 739-7273
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