Plymouth State University is deeply saddened by the death of Todd Trevorrow, director of Lamson Library. Todd died the evening of November 3 when the car he was driving drifted off the highway and collided with a tree. Police believe the accident was caused by a medical condition.
A resident of Concord, Trevorrow, 54, had been the Lamson Library Director since 1993. He was considered an expert in library automation and oversaw the renovations to the library in the late 1990s.
He also served as chair of the Library Faculty and was chair of the PSU Council of Chairs. He was a member of a number of professional committees and councils. He served on the New Hampshire State Library Advisory Council and was chair of the New Hampshire College & University Council’s Libraries Committee. He was previously chair of the committee from 1996-97 and served as vice chair of the committee from 1995-96 and again from 2003-04.
He was the originating chair of the NHCUC’s Libraries Working Group for Joint Database Purchasing and a member of the NHCUC’s Libraries Workshop Committee, developing successful grants for six workshops for library directors, staff and administrators.
Marilyn Frederick, NHCUC Operations Director, noted “These facts tell nothing about the easy style of leadership Todd embodied, or the genuine caring, patience, goodwill and sense of well-being he spread among us, or his intelligence, scholarship and his inquisitive mind that he shared with us. He had the ability to get things done just by expecting the best of all of us. He was always quick to praise the rest and modest about his own accomplishments.”
Before coming to Plymouth, Trevorrow was Library Director at Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., where he received the 1991 Drs. Gorton and Peggy Riethmiller Award for Academic Administration. He also served as Library Director at Westbrook College in Portland, Maine.
He was a member of the American Library Association and the Association of College and Research Libraries. He earned his master’s degree in library science from Simmons College, Boston, Mass., and his bachelor’s degree in religion from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine.
A memorial service for the campus will be held December 2 and a memorial fund has been established.
(story by PSU Office of Public Relations, republished with permission)
