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Remarks by Grant Barnes at Bill McClung’s Memorial Service
Sep 03 2020
August 8, 2020Greetings to the few who will remember me, all good wishes to the many who knew Bill in different times, different places. Many thanks to Nicola McClung for all she has done to arrange this ceremony.Bill McClung was an editor at Princeton University Press when I came to know hi
Remembering William McClung, editor, independent bookseller, conservationist, community activist
Aug 08 2020
This post was originally featured in Berkeleyside, and has been reblogged with permission.By Grant BarnesA former editor for UC Press and the founder of University Press Books and Musical Offering Cafe, McClung was an influential force in the Bay Area’s university and literary communities
In Memoriam: Bill McClung
Aug 04 2020
We are saddened to announce the passing of long-time UC Press editor and former editorial director Bill McClung. Bill was also, up until its recent closure due to the pandemic, the proprietor of iconic Berkeley independent bookstore University Press Books (often presumed to be, but not affiliated wi
In Memoriam: Robert D. Richardson Jr.
Jun 23 2020
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Robert D. Richardson Jr. at age 86. Obituaries and announcements have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Boston Globe.UC Press is honored to have published his highly acclaimed and widely cited biographies, Henry Thoreau:
In Memoriam: Robert F. Judd
Aug 28 2019
We are saddened to learn of the death of Robert F. Judd (b. 1956), Executive Director of the American Musicological Society since 1996. As proud publishers of the society’s flagship journal, the Journal of the American Musicological Society, as well as a large stable of award-winning books in the fi
In Memoriam: Peter Selz
Jun 24 2019
Peter Selz, centenarian, influential art historian, prolific author, internationally celebrated curator, and the founding director of the University Art Museum at UC Berkeley (now Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive) peacefully passed away last week at home.“Peter Selz was a remarka