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Volume 36 Nº 3, September 2005

Australian Academic & Research Libraries

Some reflections on the man by a close friend and colleague

Frances H Awcock

Warren Horton's death came after a prolonged and valiant fight with cancer.

His was a towering presence on the state, national and international scene of librarianship. His contribution to that world was remarkable and he was much rewarded for it by our professional bodies at home and abroad, by the academic community and the book world, as well as by the Australian government on behalf of the people with his Order of Australia award.

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