6 In memoriam: Carlyne (Carlie) Leathy Naber McCallister, 1926-2011 arlyne McCallister, born Sept. 7, 1926 in Flanders, NY, died March 2, 2011 in Vancouver, WA after extended hospice care. From the early 1950s until 1968 she held an appointment at Portland State, chiefly as Education Librarian. “Carlie” earned a BA (1947) with special emphasis on librarianship at the State University of New York, Geneseo. Her working career began as a librarian for East Hampton High School in New York. At the onset of the Korean Conflict in 1950, she took civilian employment with the United States Army as Special Services Librarian at Fort Riley, KS. There she met and married Sergeant William L. McCallister, with whom she reared their two children. After various military assignments in Europe, the family settled in Portland in the early 1950s. Soon thereafter, Professor McCallister joined the original library staff at the recently designated Portland State Extension Center, forerunner institution of Portland State University. This new metropolitan higher education center had been established in the abandoned Lincoln High School, built in 1912 and appropriately renamed “Old Main,” thereby instilling an instant collegiate atmosphere. PSEC’s library facility included approximately 60,000 tattered volumes and offered seating for perhaps 200 readers in refurbished secondary school classrooms. In 1960 the library moved to larger quarters within Smith Memorial Center and finally in 1967 to its present location. As the institution’s first Education Librarian, Carlie assumed a major role in laying the groundwork for a collection that expanded to meet the burgeoning needs of PSU’s Graduate School of Education. Colleagues in the Library, the Education School, and throughout the University highly esteemed her professional qualifications and managerial competence. Over the years students at all levels relied upon her assistance, and she directly influenced several student assistants to become career librarians. In the 1960s substantial school library growth occurred on a nationwide basis through an increased flow of support from both private and public sector funding. Professor McCallister’s professional reputation led to an invitation to participate in the notable Knapp School Libraries Project under which the American Association of School Libraries established model school library media centers, and expanded and renovated hundreds of school libraries. In the Portland metropolitan region, the PSU and Roosevelt High School libraries were included in this project. Carlie enrolled in history graduate studies at Oregon State University, earning a master’s degree, for which she wrote a distinguished account of Oregon’s role in the Civil War. She regularly contributed articles to professional librarianship journals. In many ways, the capstone contribution of her PSU service was reflected in planning committee work for today’s Millar Library. She left this institution in 1968, a year before its elevation to University status. After leaving PSU, Professor McCallister continued to participate in American Library Association activities, which led her to accept various significant managerial appointments with two major publishing industry vendors—the Richard Abel firm and Blackwell North America—with assignments in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Kuwait. During 1980-87 she successfully managed the cataloging department for the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research library, which led her to a strong interest in all aspects of Islamic culture. Although Carlie returned to the Pacific Northwest, the intellectual attractions and culture of the Middle East and Islamic culture prompted her to read about and travel extensively through that region. She took a special interest in human rights, with special reference to the plight of underprivileged women in Kuwait. Immediate family survivors include her son, Michael Clark McCallister (Linda); grandsons Matthew James McCallister (Rebecca) and Marshall Jason McCallister (Dianne); and three grandchildren, all of whom reside in Vancouver, WA. To them, our organization extends its heartfelt condolences. At her request no services were held. The family requests that memorial donations for education materials be sent to the Millar Library through the PSU Foundation, PSU Library Development Office, PO Box 1151, Portland OR 97207-1151. Victor C. Dahl, Emeritus Professor of History, assisted by Ray Anne Lockard, Frick Fine Arts Library, University of Pittsburgh C
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