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August 8, 2020Greetings to the few who will remember me, all good wishes to the many who knew Bill in different times, different places. Many thanks to Nicola McClung for all she has done to arrange this ceremony.Bill McClung was an editor at Princeton University Press when I came to know hi

This post was originally featured in Berkeleyside, and has been reblogged with permission.By Grant BarnesA former editor for UC Press and the founder of University Press Books and Musical Offering Cafe, McClung was an influential force in the Bay Area’s university and literary communities

We are saddened to announce the passing of long-time UC Press editor and former editorial director Bill McClung. Bill was also, up until its recent closure due to the pandemic, the proprietor of iconic Berkeley independent bookstore University Press Books (often presumed to be, but not affiliated wi

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Robert D. Richardson Jr. at age 86. Obituaries and announcements have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Boston Globe.UC Press is honored to have published his highly acclaimed and widely cited biographies, Henry Thoreau:

We are saddened to learn of the death of Robert F. Judd (b. 1956), Executive Director of the American Musicological Society since 1996. As proud publishers of the society’s flagship journal, the Journal of the American Musicological Society, as well as a large stable of award-winning books in the fi

Peter Selz, centenarian, influential art historian, prolific author, internationally celebrated curator, and the founding director of the University Art Museum at UC Berkeley (now Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive) peacefully passed away last week at home.“Peter Selz was a remarka