Donald Brown Engley
Donald Brown Engley (July 19, 1917 - March 19, 2012) was an American university librarian, serving as librarian at Trinity College, Hartford, Trinity College (Connecticut) from 1951 to 1972, and associate librarian of Yale University from 1972 to 1982. He received a B.A. from Amherst College and a M.L.S. degree from the Columbia University School of Library Service. An active bibliophile, Engley was a member of the Acorn Club (to which he was elected in 1953), the Columbiad Club of Connecticut and the Grolier Club. He served in the U.S. Army in WWII with the 79th Infantry Division (United States), 79th Infantry Division. He received an honorary degree from Amherst in 1959. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery in West Hartford, Connecticut. Further reading Jeffrey H. Kaimowitz and Peter J. Knapp, ''Donald Brown Engley''. Watkinson Library, Trinity College, 2012. External links Memorialat Find a Grave References

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Trinity College, Hartford
Trinity College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut. Founded as Washington College in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut. Coeducational since 1969, the college enrolls 2,235 students. Trinity offers 41 majors and 28 interdisciplinary minors. The college is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). History Early history Thomas Church Brownell, Bishop Thomas Brownell opened Washington College in 1824 to nine male studentsAlbert E. Van Dusen, ''Connecticut" (1961) pp 362-63 and the vigorous protest of Yale University, Yale alumni. A 14-acre site was chosen, at the time about a half-mile from the city of Hartford. Over time Bushnell Park was laid out to the north and the east, creating a beautiful space. The college was renamed Trinity College in 1845; the original campus consisted of two Greek Revival buildings. One of the Gre ...
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