Paul FASANA
Paul Fasana died on April 1, 2021. He was eighty-seven years of age and a resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the time of his death.
Paul served as Senior Vice President and Director of the Research Libraries at NYPL until his retirement in 1997. After his US Army service in Korea, Paul received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 and a Master of Library Science degree in 1960. Both were from the University of California, Berkeley. After working as a cataloger at NYPL, Paul was appointed Director of Columbia University Libraries’ Division of Library Automation. He later returned to NYPL to assume the Research Libraries position.
Upon his retirement and relocation to South Florida, Paul began twenty years of volunteer service to the Stonewall National Museum and Archives. As chief archivist, he organized and managed collections of historic documents and media. Under his leadership, this archive was brought together from several locations to its current location in Fort Lauderdale. Paul also embarked on a long career of financial philanthropy. A highlight was the establishment of the Paul Fasana LGBT Studies Fellowship at the UC Berkeley library school.
For a more about Paul’s life and philanthropy
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 46, page 2
Paul Fasana died on April 1, 2021. He was eighty-seven years of age and a resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the time of his death.
Paul served as Senior Vice President and Director of the Research Libraries at NYPL until his retirement in 1997. After his US Army service in Korea, Paul received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 and a Master of Library Science degree in 1960. Both were from the University of California, Berkeley. After working as a cataloger at NYPL, Paul was appointed Director of Columbia University Libraries’ Division of Library Automation. He later returned to NYPL to assume the Research Libraries position.
Upon his retirement and relocation to South Florida, Paul began twenty years of volunteer service to the Stonewall National Museum and Archives. As chief archivist, he organized and managed collections of historic documents and media. Under his leadership, this archive was brought together from several locations to its current location in Fort Lauderdale. Paul also embarked on a long career of financial philanthropy. A highlight was the establishment of the Paul Fasana LGBT Studies Fellowship at the UC Berkeley library school.
For a more about Paul’s life and philanthropy
See New York Public Library Retirees Newsletter, Issue 46, page 2