Judith Eleanor Regueiro
January 27, 1943 - January 31, 2001
by Florence Goff and Anne Slater

Judith Regueiro was 58 years of age when she died at her home in Merion, PA. after an eight year struggle with breast cancer. Judy was a librarian at the College for twenty-seven years.

Judy Regueiro was born in New Albany, Indiana to Helen F. Stallings and Captain Lewis Richard Anderson, who was killed in Metz, France during the Battle of the Bulge. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star posthumously. Her mother later married Thomas F. Hale. Judy was a direct descendent (great-great-great-granddaughter) of Madame Marie Louise Duclos Fretageot (1783-1833). In the early 19th century, Madame Fretageot ran a girls' boarding school in Philadelphia before establishing a school of industry and a scientific publishing center in New Harmony Indiana, an experimental society in the early American West.

This rich educational heritage influenced Judy's life as an educator and academic librarian. She received her AB from Bryn Mawr in 1964, an MLIS from Drexel University in 1979, and an MA in History from Bryn Mawr in 1984. In 1998, Judy received the McPherson Distinguished Staff Award from the College.

Judy joined the library in 1974 as assistant music librarian and later became a reference and documents librarian. For sixteen years she was the collection development liaison to the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. Her involvement with the students and faculty at the School was among the most satisfying and rewarding of her career. She deeply valued education and impacted the academic lives of many students and faculty. Judy continued to work until just four months ago.

Her warmth, infectious smile, sense of humor, intelligence, generosity, and especially her laugh recall to us who knew her as friend and colleague, the joy she took from life each day. Judy's favorite song describes her well:

	"What a Wonderful World" (sung) by Louis Armstrong
	I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, What a wonderful world.
	I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, What a wonderful world.
	The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people going by I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do They're really saying I love you
	I hear babies crying, I watch them grow They'll learn much more than I'll never know And I think to myself, What a wonderful world
	Yes I think to myself, What a wonderful world.

Judy is survived by her husband of 38 years, José M. Regueiro; children Miguel Duclos Regueiro and his wife Carol, Richard Anderson Regueiro and his wife Moira; and grandchildren Matthew (Matt) Lewis Regueiro and John (Jack) Anderson Regueiro.

A memorial service was held on February 3rd at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 3rd and Pine Streets, Philadelphia.

The family has requested that any tributes to Judy be made in the form of contributions to the Bryn Mawr College Alumnae Association, Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899.

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