Katherine Laich
{{Short description|Former president of the American Library Association}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Katherine Laich
| image = Katherine_Laich_Librarian.png
| office = President of the American Library Association
| term_start = 1972
| term_end = 1973
| predecessor = Keith Doms
| successor = Jean E. Lowrie
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|01|24}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|11|16|1910|01|24}}
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| education = {{unbulleted list|Wilson College|University of Southern California}}
| occupation = Librarian
}}
Katherine Laich (January 24, 1910 – November 16, 1992) was a prominent librarian and leader in the profession. She served as president of the American Library Association from 1972 to 1973.{{cite web|title=ALA's Past Presidents|url=http://www.ala.org/aboutala/history/past|publisher=American Library Association|access-date=28 October 2016|date=2007-11-20}}
Education
Laich earned her undergraduate degree from Wilson College in 1930 and her Library Science degree from the University of Southern California in 1942.
Career
She spent much of her career as a librarian at the University of Southern California.{{cite web|title=Laich, Katherine (1910-1992)|url=http://archives.library.illinois.edu/alaarchon/?p=creators/creator&id=4059|website=American Library Association Archives|publisher=University of Illinois|access-date=28 October 2016}}{{cite book|last1=Ash, Ed.|first1=Lee|last2=Uhlendorf, Ed.|first2=B.A.|title=A Biographical Directory of Librarians in the United States and Canada|date=1970|publisher=American Library Association|location=Chicago, IL|page=622|edition=Fifth}}
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Category:Presidents of the American Library Association
Category:University of Southern California alumni
Category:20th-century American librarians
Category:20th-century American women librarians
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