Johnnye Louise Cope (’45), Librarian Emeritus, died Oct. 5 in San Angelo. She was born in Paint Rock and graduated from North Texas in 1945 with a bachelor’s degree in English (pictured as a student in 1943). She earned master’s degrees in English and library science from Ohio State University and the University of Michigan, respectively, and returned to UNT as a reference librarian in 1966. She served as head of the humanities reference department, retiring in 1988, and was granted emeritus status by the Board of Regents. She also had served as the reference and humanities librarian at Trinity University in San Antonio, Her friends say they will remember her for her “gracious nature, her love of literature and her wonderful wit.”
Johnnye Louise Cope (’45), Librarian Emeritus, died Oct. 5 in San Angelo. She was born in Paint Rock and graduated from North Texas in 1945 with a bachelor’s degree in English (pictured as a student in 1943). She earned master’s degrees in English and library science from Ohio State University and the University of Michigan, respectively, and returned to UNT as a reference librarian in 1966. She served as head of the humanities reference department, retiring in 1988, and was granted emeritus status by the Board of Regents. She also had served as the reference and humanities librarian at Trinity University in San Antonio, Her friends say they will remember her for her “gracious nature, her love of literature and her wonderful wit.”