University Library News Release

Date: September 29, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (575) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu

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Event to Honor New Mexico State University Dean Jett

The New Mexico State University Library and College of Engineering will pay tribute to popular former Engineering Dean Daniel (Dad) Jett on October 22 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the third floor of NMSU's Zuhl Library in Las Cruces.

Readings, remembrances and an exhibit will commemorate Jett's extensive personal correspondence with NMSU students serving in the armed forces during WWII. Jett's correspondence, housed at the NMSU Library, was compiled into the 2008 book The Whole Damned World: New Mexico Aggies at War 1941-1945.

The book, edited by archivist Martha Shipman Andrews, was awarded a Caliente Award by Reading New Mexico, and is a finalist for a New Mexico Book Award.

Entertainment will be provided by the High Society Orchestra and the NMSU DanceSport Company. Refreshments will be served. Tickets to the event are $75 per person or $125 per couple. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Library's Archives & Special Collections and the D.B. Jett Scholarship in the College of Engineering.

The event is part of NMSU's Homecoming activities.

RSVP by October 16 to (575) 646-2913 or email clindsay@nmsu.edu. For more information, contact Kristina Martinez at (575) 646-3642.

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