Word: starrs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...appointment of Kevin O. Starr, an associate professor of English on leave since June, to the post of interim city librarian in the San Francisco library system has sparked a minor political controversy in San Francisco...
...Francisco Library Commission, a seven-member board chosen by the mayor, appointed Starr to the post upon the recommendation of Mayor Joseph Alioto. Alioto met Starr here last Spring and offered him a position as an executive aide in June...
...Librarian's Guild, a 100-member organization of professional library employees, sharply criticized Starr's appointment, charging that Starr lacks the professional credentials for the post...
...much as the mayor is elected, and the commission is appointed, and I work for the mayor and didn't rise through the ranks--then this is a political appointment," Starr said last night...
...Starr said that he expects to return to his executive aide post once a permanent librarian is chosen...