Anne Murphy O’Brien ’55

Anne Murphy O’Brien ’55, of Naples, Fla., formerly of Mass.; Dec. 21. She met her husband, John O’Brien ’55, while at Brown; he predeceased her. After Brown, she worked in the airline industry while John completed his training with ITT. They settled in Scituate, Mass., in 1960, then moved to Atlanta for three years. After returning to Massachusetts, she earned a master’s degree in library science and became the director of circulation at Andover Public Library. She would later be the director of the Pollard Memorial Library and Snowe Library. In 1988, she was named president of the Massachusetts Library Association, and in 2006, she was inducted into the Massachusetts Library Hall of Fame. Throughout her life, she was a dedicated Brown alumna, earning a Brown Alumni Service Award in 2012. She is survived by sons John D. O’Brien Jr. ’82, Thomas N. O’Brien ’85, and William J. O’Brien ’92 and three daughters-in-law; eight grandchildren, including grandson Matthew T. O’Brien ’15, ’16 MPA; a great-grandchild; and two brothers.