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Celebrating Warren.(Warren Horton)
This contribution to the Festschrift is a lightly edited transcript of a short speech made at the Celebration of Warren Horton's Distinguished Career held at and hosted by the National Library of Australia on 26 March 2004--four months after his death. (1) My brief was to speak on Warren's commitment to helping young librarians.
For the record, this was the second of three formal celebrations of Warren's contribution to his chosen profession. The first took place within the Aurora (2) community in February 2004, and the third happened on the Gold Coast in September 2004 in conjunction with ALIA's Biennial Conference.
Warren Michael Horton AM. He might well have begun with: Good evening comrades ...
It is a curious thing that a man so highly feminised (thanks to Fran Awcock (3) for the phrase) would so often use such a masculine form of greeting. And it was a curious thing that a man so consistently attired in Director-General's robes would in the Aurora context choose frequently to open them to reveal the person within. Larger than life in the library; life-size in Aurora.
Jean Whyte, writing in Harry Bryan's encyclopaedia in 1989, (4) described him as 'active in…
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...of a mudslide to date. West Aurora wasn't entirely buried going...the semifinals Saturday, West Aurora has officially begun the slow...our record indicates." West Aurora (5-2) benefited from Curie...was as humdrum. Oak Park and Warren advanced to the other semifinal...
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...it is received. As Aurora works through that process...which includes the Aurora site, said Dan Warren, development manager...infrastructure, and Warren said it would solicit...53-acre siteThe Aurora hospital would take...
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...hitting mailboxes as Aurora voters mull a $2...At Monday night's Aurora Town Board meeting, Joy D. Warren demanded to know who...age 55 and older. Warren said she doesn't...co-chairman of the Aurora Open Space Committee...
- Aurora recall meeting 2003.
- Magazine article from: The Australian Library Journal August 1, 2002 700+ words
...Meeting will be sought through the Aurora mailing list. If you have any queries regarding the Aurora Recall Meeting 2003 please contact: Warren Horton (phone: 02 6231 6279...02 6257 9177), or e-mail: aurora@alianet.alia.org.au.
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- Magazine article from: The Australian Library Journal Barney, Kay November 1, 2004 700+ words
...mentors in each group. The Aurora Foundation Ltd, the organising...not-for-profit company Aurora Foundation Ltd Board members, the late Warren Horton (then chairman) and...believed that the value of the Aurora Leadership Institute lay in...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire March 24, 2005 700+ words
...risk, and portfolio capabilities of AURORA. AURORA users benefit from the power flow and nodal...to LMP and power flow analysis," said Warren H. Winter, President and CEO of EPIS. "The AURORA-PowerWorld Simulator Interface takes...
- Aurora.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire July 1, 2003 700+ words
...Station, the blue tones of Aurora restaurant in the Great Eastern...restaurant, and loved chef Warren Geraghty's modern take on...cooking, with a French edge. Aurora also does set lunch menus...with clients or with friends. Aurora Great Eastern Hotel Liverpool...
- Rowers saved after waves swamp boat.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire January 24, 2006 700+ words
...with their families today. Bob Warren and Chris Barrett, both from Hayle...Rainbow and the race support vessel, Aurora, they were finally found and picked up 12 hours later by Aurora. Mr Warren's mother Pat said: "It was the...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire July 27, 2005 700+ words
...Arlington-Alexandria, DC-MD-VA-WV 209 Denver-Aurora, CO 169 Warren-Farmington Hills-Troy, MI 168 Miami-Miami Beach...Lauderdale-Pompano Beach (236-219), Denver-Aurora (208-169), and Miami (181-166). --Seattle...
Source: HighBeam Research, Celebrating Warren.(Warren Horton)
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