Louis A. Rachow (1927-2017) was elected to The Lambs in 1997 as a Professional member.
He had a long and distinguished career in performing arts librarianship, highlighted by a quarter century as Curator/Librarian of the Hampden-Booth Theatre Library at The Players, followed by another decade as Library Director of the International Theatre Institute of the United States.
His publications, as author and editor, helped to educate several generations of performing arts librarians in the practices and history of the field. Over the course of more than 50 years as a TLA member, he had served as an executive board member, President, Vice President, chair of the nominating committee, editor of the newsletter, and liaison to the Special Libraries Association, the Council of National Library Associations, and the Library/Information Network-New York.
Louis A. Rachow died August 28, 2017, age 90. He is interred in Shickley Cemetery, Shickley, Fillmore County, Nebraska.