{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Guest Contributor","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/guest-contributor\/","title":"Remembering Marilyn L. Miller","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MN9LvSHvze\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/remembering-marilyn-l-miller\/\">Remembering Marilyn L. Miller<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/remembering-marilyn-l-miller\/embed\/#?secret=MN9LvSHvze\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Remembering Marilyn L. Miller&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"MN9LvSHvze\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"A leader in our profession, Marilyn L. Miller, ALSC President (1979 -1980), died on May 22nd at the age of 83.\u00a0 Lillian Gerhardt offers a memorial tribute: A few years ago, I stumbled on a statement that brought our late, great Marilyn Miller to mind. \u00a0It is from an essay by mid-20th century America&#8217;s most influential journalist, Walter Lippmann, after the death of FDR. \u00a0He said that &#8220;The genius of a great leader is to leave behind him a situation that common sense can deal with successfully.&#8221; Change that &#8220;him&#8221; to \u00a0&#8220;her&#8221; and you will have a clear picture of MLM&#8217;s leadership as president of not only one but two of the American Library Association&#8217;s youth services divisions (AASL and ALSC) \u00a0and on through her presidency of all of ALA. Marilyn&#8217;s management of both her own life as well as her life&#8217;s work on behalf of libraries and librarians was..."}