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handle is hein.nocall/nocalla0018 and id is 1 raw text is: ES Northern California Association of Law Libraries A Chapter of the American Association of Law Ubraries September - October 2002 Memorial: Beverly Ann Lipton (1949-2002) Volume 23, Number I by Aruna Marathe Information Resources Manager, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, East Palo Alto, California NOCALL President, Ellen Platt, dedicates her NOCALL News column-space to the memory ofBev Lipton, Librarian, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Palo Alto. The following is a revised version of a memorial for Beverly Lipton that will appear in the Fall 2002 issue ofLaw Library Journal, vol. 94. no. 4. This memorial was written with the help ofBev'sfamily and colleagues: Jean Heselden, Julie Jackson, Pam Rino, David Bridgman, Pamela Friedman, Alice McKenzie, Jane McMahon, Deborah Maglione, Kathrine Javier and Esther Mor6n. Beverly Ann Lipton, died on July 4, 2002, in Mountain View, California, a few months shy of her fifty-third birthday after a courageous and prolonged battle with breast cancer. To those who knew her, it seems that Bev picked July 4th to declare her independence from the cancer as if to mock what she referred to as the monster. Bev was born Beverly Ann Blackman, on October 15, 1949, in San Diego, California. She graduated in 1967 from Crawford High School in San Diego, and then began her undergraduate work at San Diego State University. Before completing her degree, Bev married Barry Lipton and moved to Los Angeles, California where she enrolled at Cal State Northridge. She received her B.A. in 1972. After graduating, she began work at the Los Angeles Public Library which sparked her interest in the library profession and the idea of becoming a librarian took firm root. By 1982, Bev, Barry and their three-year-old son Scott moved to Northern California where Bev transitioned from the public library environment to begin her career as a law librarian at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison in San Francisco. Bev's years at Brobeck San Francisco held a special place in her heart. She always recalled that time with the same awe and excitement many have experienced on the first day of college. Bev's confidence in her professional abilities quickly grew as she worked with the library staff and benefited from their mentoring. This experience helped Bev evolve into an excellent mentor herself, almost a surrogate mother, guiding the careers of many young law librarians she worked and interacted with in later years. Her trademark greeting was Hey Kiddo! as she went about explaining or answering questions in some area of legal research that had stumped the inquirer. Bev loved to share her knowledge, and was always willing to teach other librarians, attorneys and anyone interested in research. She would take on any (Continued on page 2) In this issue: Professional Reading in Review 5 Musings from Mark - Reprise 7 Law Librarians Win Legislative Battle 8 Summer Conference Reports 10 Minutes 13 Membership News 18 1 0

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