Robert Morin (librarian)
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- Librarian
- philanthropist
Robert Morin | |
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| Born | January 3, 1938 |
| Died | March 31, 2015 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Simmons College |
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| Employer | University of New Hampshire |
| Known for | Bequeathed US$4 million to University of New Hampshire |
Robert Morin (January 3, 1938 – March 31, 2015) was an American librarian who worked at the University of New Hampshire's Dimond Library from 1965 to 2014 where he cataloged DVDs, CDs, and music scores. He donated $4 million to the university in his will,[1][2] and a scandal later emerged after the university spent a quarter of it on a new football scoreboard.[3][4][5]
Morin was born in Nashua, New Hampshire to Louis and Gabrielle Morin.[2] He graduated from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in Durham in 1961, and earned a master's degree in library science from Simmons College. He then began his career as a librarian at the Dimond Library.
He lived a frugal life, driving an old car, a 1992 Plymouth, and did not go out for entertainment. He regularly ate Fritos with a Coke for breakfast and TV dinners in the evening. He enjoyed reading and read every book published in the United States between 1930 and 1938, excluding children's books, textbooks, cookbooks and books on technology. He also viewed over 22,000 videos from 1979 to 1997, averaging three videos/movies per day.[1][6]
A UNH spokesperson said that he smoked a pipe and loved sitting in front of the library talking with students. "He was very committed to the student workers who worked in our main library."[6]
