---- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Jenny Marie Johnson" <[log in to unmask]> To: "MAPS-L" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 4:15:52 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Jan Dixon It is with great sadness that I send this e-mail. I received a call this afternoon from Donna Daniels, Head of Reference at the University of Arkansas Mullins Library in Fayetteville. Donna called to tell me that Jan Dixon had passed away on October 21 and to ask me to let the rest of the map library community know. From the e-mail that Donna sent to me after our call: Jan had myeloid dysplasia syndrome (MDS) which transformed into myeloid leukemia in early August. Jan was at MD Anderson in Texas when she received the news. Jan was forever upbeat about the outcome even though she knew it would be a long journey. She had just received word that they had found a 10 for 10 criteria match for a bone marrow transplant. Jan was to leave for Houston on Nov.1 to begin the process. Her Dr.’s found her passing shocking and unexpected. Here is the obituary and the link to the library website. http://libinfo.uark.edu/reference/jandixon.asp And the text from the obituary: Janet Bergquist Dixon, passed away on October 21, 2009 after losing her battle with leukemia. She was born July 22, 1952 in Pasadena, California to Barbara and Lyle Bergquist. She earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Prescott College in Arizona, Masters degrees in Geography from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Library and Information Science from the University of Texas, Austin. Before moving to Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas, she worked as an Environmental Specialist/Park Planner for the U.S. National Park Service at their Denver Service Center principally on National Seashores. She loved the out of doors, especially hiking and camping with her family and friends in the beauty of America’s public lands. The role she played in conservation in several of the Nation’s National Parks was especially satisfying to her. Jan especially enjoyed the opportunities for travel with her family that her children’s international adventures provided while exchange students in Europe. Visits and travel with her extended family and friends in Australia was a significantly enriching part of her life. In recent years she derived great pleasure from singing in the choir at First United Presbyterian Church. Jan was a librarian at the University of Arkansas libraries where she has worked for over 25 years. She served as the Map Librarian and subject reference librarian for the Departments of Geoscience and Anthropology as well as for the Environmental Dynamics doctoral program. Jan was a highly respected map librarian in the library community where she participated actively in leadership roles at state, regional, national and international levels. On the U of A campus she was admired and respected by all of the students and faculty she served and by her colleagues. She will always be remembered for her energetic dedication to her work as well as for her constantly cheerful nature, her infectious smile and characteristic laugh. Jan is survived by her husband of 30 years John, her son Colin of Sydney, Australia, her daughter, Bronwyn, her brother Daryl Bergquist and sister-in-law Sara Rose of Blountsville, Alabama, and her father Lyle Bergquist of Fayetteville. A memorial service will be held in Jan’s honor on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at First United Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville at 2pm. Memorials can be made to First United Presbyterian Church 695 Calvin Street, Fayetteville, AR, 72703. Jenny Marie Johnson Map and Geography Library University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign