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Meet the new president of Kansas City's Linda Hall Library

By Brian Ellison,
Claudia Brancart
Published July 13, 2023 at 2:48 PM CDT
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The Linda Hall Library announced the appointment of Eric Dorfman to the role of president last month.

Eric Dorfman has taught at major universities, headed renowned natural history museums, and now, he's leading one of the world's premier science research libraries.

Kansas City’s Linda Hall Library is one of the largest science research libraries in the world, and now, it has a new leader.

“I'm really always trying to lead my institution towards helping solve the issues of today, and science is at the core of that,” Eric Dorfman tells KCUR.

The library's collection numbers in the millions and includes original works from Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton, to name a few.

Before taking over as president on July 10, Dorfman lived in North Carolina, where he directed the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and served as a research professor at North Carolina State University.

Disclosure: Linda Hall Library is a financial supporter of KCUR.

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As a host and contributor at KCUR, I seek to create a more informed citizenry and richer community. I want to enlighten and inspire our audience by delivering the information they need with accuracy and urgency, clarifying what’s complicated and teasing out the complexities of what seems simple. I work to craft conversations that reveal realities in our midst and model civil discourse in a divided world. Follow me on Twitter @ptsbrian or email me at brian@kcur.org.
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