On May 11, 2012, nearly 250 attendees packed the North Hills Country Club for the Friends of the Library’s 43rd Annual Richard D. Whittemore Book & Author Luncheon. Speakers were bestselling science writer Dava Sobel and cultural reporter/biographer Julie Salamon. The moderator was novelist Susan Isaacs. Enjoy the photos below. PHOTOS: Will Wright, with Seth Ehrlich

FOL secretary Eleanor Rybecky, Vice President Ellen Zimmerman, and college volunteers Marissa Williams and Mariel O'Connell sold raffles for beautiful prize baskets

Joan Prior of the PW Garden Club, which provided lovely centerpieces, with FOL vice president Nancy Wright

Doris and Wilda Whittemore with Amy Bass. The luncheon was renamed in honor of Richard Whittemore, longtime FOL president, in 2000

Attendees included Debbi Honorof, Lisa Hendrickson deBruin, Terry Mady Grove, Alyce O'Rourke-Reis, Robin Sigman, and FOL board member Pamela O'Connell