Remembering Mae Benne

The UW Information School pays tribute to longtime librarianship professor Mae Benne (1924-2017)

Doug Parry
April 20, 2017 at 11:10 pm

We'd love to hear your memories of Mae. Please post your remembrances here.

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Barbara Blue / May 13, 2017
When I entered library school in the late 70’s I was leaning towards Children’s Services but was not certain that...
Joanne Waterman / May 11, 2017
Mae was an exceptional teacher of mine who not only instilled a love of children's literature in me, but also...
Andrew F. Johnson / May 11, 2017
When I arrived at the Library School in June, 1968, I was firmly fixed on being an academic librarian. When...
Harry Bruce / May 5, 2017
Mae had a wonderful career as a library educator and maintained a strong connection with the UW and the Information...
Kari Anderson / May 2, 2017
I was a student at the UW library school during Ms. Benne's last years there. I remember her children's literature...
Marie Davis (Pat Griffin) / May 1, 2017
I took Mae's storytelling, children's literature, and young adult literature classes when I attended the UW GSLIS. She was a...
Sandra Taylor / May 1, 2017
It was a special phone call from Mae Benne that helped me get my first school librarian position. She called...
Doug Parry / April 20, 2017
We'd love to hear your memories of Mae. Please post your remembrances here.