Henriette D. Avram recently died of cancer. Her work at the Library of Congress brought us the MARC record, the standard that transformed paper card catalogues into the searchable databases we have today. Her work also greatly expanded interlibrary loan capabilities throughout the US.
A photo is at the IFLA website.
The New York Times has a very eloquent obituary, but you have to pay for it, so I won't link to it here. The Washington Post obit is quite informative, though, and will have to suffice.
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