{"id":19105,"date":"2016-09-20T08:44:43","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T13:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=19105"},"modified":"2016-09-20T08:44:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T13:44:43","slug":"armstrong-browning-director-retires-after-50-years-with-baylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2016\/09\/armstrong-browning-director-retires-after-50-years-with-baylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Armstrong Browning director retires after 50 years with Baylor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rita<\/p>\n

You probably know about the basics about Armstrong Browning Library: how it\u2019s named for Dr. A.J. Armstrong<\/a>, who fought and fundraised to build it; how it\u2019s home to the works of Victorian poets Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning<\/a>;\u00a0and how it\u2019s widely considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Well, if you\u2019ve spent any time in\u00a0the past 50 years appreciating the grandeur of the Armstrong Browning Library, you probably have Rita Patteson, BBA \u201968, to thank. After 50 years\u00a0working for her alma mater — 45 of them in the library —\u00a0she’s retiring<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Patteson\u2019s first job at Baylor was as a student, working in former Baylor President Abner McCall\u2019s office. Eventually, she became a faculty member, received an Outstanding Staff Award in 1998 and an Outstanding Professor Award in 2002, and finally became director of the Armstrong Browning Library in 2009. As the ABL’s director, she\u2019s overseen the operation of the library, planned cultural events, and obtained even more original materials for the Browning collection.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a wonderful journey,\u201d she says. No kidding — especially with an office like that!<\/p>\n

Sic \u2019em, Rita Patteson!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You probably know about the basics about Armstrong Browning Library: how it\u2019s named for Dr. A.J. Armstrong, who fought and fundraised to build it; how it\u2019s home to the works of Victorian poets Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning;\u00a0and how it\u2019s widely considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. Well, if you\u2019ve spent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-honors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}