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Members of the family of Marilyn ‘Jay’ Wright gathered with faculty and staff on November 5 in the reading room of the Ruth Lilly Law Library for a memorial service. Jay retired in May 2014 after serving for 44 years with libraries on the IUPUI campus. She passed away on August 12, 2015.

Jay served for seven years at what was then the Blake Street Library on campus before moving to the law school library in 1977. She became a fixture at the Ruth Lilly Law Library, where she served in a number of capacities, including as a circulation assistant, interlibrary loan assistant, and administrative assistant. Jay continued to learn and grow while on the job. She completed the Fundamentals of Supervision course in 1995 and the Administrative Support & Professionals Series in 2004.

Her character and longevity made her a part of the law school's institutional memory, and Jay was a confidante and surrogate "mom" to many at the school. Jay served on a number of campus committees, and as a staff council representative. She won the IUPUI Gerald L. Bepko Staff Council Spirit Award in 2000.

Among the speakers during the memorial were Chancellor Emeritus Gerald L. Bepko, and Professor of Law Emerita Judith Ford Anspach. Both recalled the positive impact Jay made on the lives of those she came into contact with, and how much they appreciated her friendship.

In the photo with a poster honoring Jay’s service to the campus and the law school are members of Jay’s family. From left are Timothy Wright, Jr.; Gina Morris; Jazz Wright; Pat Blumenthal; Lauren Wright; Nathaniel Wright; Marie Wright; Marian Walker; Timothy Wright, Sr.; Melvern Miller; Maurice Miller, Ms. Wright, and Steven Wright.