LIBRARY FETES KEY SHAPERS OF ITS HISTORY; THE 100 CHAMPIONS ARE THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE LIBRARY'S SUCCESS SINCE 1902.(TRIAD/STATE)

From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: December 5, 2002| Author: Schlosser, Jim | Copyright information

Byline: JIM SCHLOSSER Staff Writer

GREENSBORO -- If a book can't be judged by its cover, neither can those who love books.

The chosen 100 "champions of the Greensboro Public Library's first 100 years" - people and groups considered vital to the library's success - range from a man who couldn't speak English the day he entered the Glenwood branch five years ago, to a UNCG English professor and writer who knows every nuance of the language.

The cham...

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