OBIT: William (Bill) Katz

Found this via LisNews. I've read more than one of Mr. Katz's books and articles since becoming a librarian--and I'm sure many of you have as well.

William (Bill) Katz: WILLIAM (Bill) A. KATZ, formerly a professor at the School of Information Science and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, and internationally known as one of the leading specialists in reference work, died recently.
In addition to the two-volume Introduction to Reference Work, he was the author of Magazines for Libraries and Reference and On-line Services: A Handbook. He compiled a second edition of The Columbia Granger's Guide to Poetry Anthologies, and edited a series on the history of the book for Scarecrow Press including his A History of Book Illustration and Dahl's History of the Book.
Past editor of RQ, the journal of the Reference and Adult Services Division of the American Library Association, Bill Katz was also Editor of The Acquisitions Librarian (The Haworth Press, Inc.) and Editor of The Reference Librarian, a quarterly devoted to issues in modern reference and information services.
He was a librarian at the King County (Washington) Library for four years and worked in the editorial department of the American Library Association. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago