Retirement open house scheduled for March 5th for Lincoln Public Library retiring director Richard Sumrall

 

[February 28, 2020] 

Please join the Lincoln Public Library Board of Trustees and the Library staff as we honor Richard Sumrall on Thursday, March 5, 2020 from 4-7 pm. The open house will be held in the Carnegie Library Building, 725 Pekin Street.

The public is invited to greet Richard M. Sumrall who is retiring as Director of the Lincoln Public Library District. Sumrall is the 6th Library Director since 1903. He has served in this capacity for the past 29 years.

Sumrall was named Library Director in 1991. He came to Lincoln from Mobile, Alabama where he served as the Assistant Archivist for the City of Mobile. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Alabama and a Masters in Library Science degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. In addition to serving the library he has been actively involved in many professional organizations and community groups.

A free library was established in Lincoln in 1874. The Carnegie Library Building was erected in 1902 thru the generosity of Andrew Carnegie, Stephen A. Foley, and Isabel Nash. It was dedicated in 1903. The Library Annex across the alley from the Carnegie building was opened in 1995. It houses adult fiction and Youth Services. In 1991, the Lincoln Public Library became a Library District.

[Keith Leesman, President Library Board of Trustees]