(L-R) Anna Koester, Jack Koester, Dean of University Libraries Rosann Bazijrian, Will Koester, Pat Gruber, Ira Gruber, Caroline Koester Pat Sanderford Gruber (’51) and husband Ira live in Texas, so they don’t visit UNCG’s University Libraries every day. As a student at Woman’s College who majored in English, however, Pat spent a lot of time in Jackson Library, and her love for the libraries at her alma mater remains. She reminisced about the libraries during a recent visit, and enjoyed remembering that Jackson Library had just opened when she went to school here. With her husband, daughter Anna and her husband Jack Koester, and grandchildren Will and Caroline, Mrs. Gruber also enjoyed seeing the dormitories where she had lived, and the transformation of what had been her library study carrel into the present-day Reference Services area. Mrs. Gruber’s mother, Mildred Butler Sanderford, was a member of the class of 1927, and her sisters graduated in 1...
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