People

Gregory Bernard Keen, University Librarian

Horace Howard Furness, Frank's brother, renowned Shakespeare scholar, and chair of the Library Finance Committee.

Melvil Dewey, librarian, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, head librarian at Columbia University, contributor to plans for the library.

William Pepper, physician, provost of the University at the library's opening.

Charles Custis Harrison, chair of the finance committee

The Rt. Rev. Ozi William Whitaker, Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania, gave a rousing speech at the library's opening ceremony.

Talcott Williams, journalist, editor of the Philadelphia Press.

Morris Jastrow, assistant librarian when Furness Library was first opened.

Justin Winsor, 1831-1897, head of Boston Public Library, head librarian at Harvard University, first president of the American Library Association. He helped design the first American book stack system at Harvard. Consulted on plans for Furness Library.