Erwin C. Surrency, May 11, 1924 - November 8, 2012

Erwin Surrency's law librarian career spanned many decades including serving as law librarian and professor of law for 28 years at Temple and director of the law library at the University of Georgia Alexander Campbell King Law Library in Athens for 15 years. A recognized authority in legal history and a founding member of the American Society for Legal History, the Surrency Prize is awarded annually to the person or persons who wrote the best article published in the Society's journal, the Law and History Review. In 2012, Professor Surrency was inducted into AALL's Hall of Fame. For more about his long and distinguished career, see the Athens Banner-Herald obituary. [JH]