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Sep052012
In Memoriam: Daniel Foley (1943-2001)

Dan Foley (born Milwaukee, WI 7 July 1943) died 17 November 2001 while teaching a one-day workshop on MARC cataloging for the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee School of Information Studies. He received his MLS in 1983 the of the UWM SOIS, having previously completed Bachelor and Master degrees in Anthropology at the University of Chicago. Dan returned to Milwaukee and UWM in September 2000 as the nonbook cataloger and metadata librarian after nearly 20 years in a variety of cataloging jobs in Louisiana. He served in the Peace Corps in the Indian state of Carrola in the 1960s and had a deep love of Louisiana Jazz. He is survived by his mother, a brother, and a sister.
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