In Memory of John McAlister, President of FSDPL
Reprinted from the San Diego Library Foundation Website:
December 9, 2011
It is with deep regret that we announce that John McAllister, President of the Friends of the San Diego Public Library, passed away on December 2 [San Diego Union-Tribune obituary].
John was born August 31, 1932, in New York, growing up in the Bronx neighborhood. He and his wife Carol moved to San Diego in the late 1950s and quickly became involved in the community.
John was a longtime Library supporter and advocate,... Continue Reading >
Born and raised in Arizona, I moved to San Diego over twenty years ago. Following graduation from the University of Arizona, I spent the early years of marriage raising a family. We have two adult children, one of whom lives here in San Diego and the other in Michigan.
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