Eduardo Lozano

Librarian for Latin American Studies
University of Pittsburgh

Eduardo Lozano started working at Hillman Library in 1967 with the responsibility of establishing a Latin American collection. At the time, the University had a small group of Latin American scholars, the seed of today's prominent Center for Latin American Studies.

Lozano's hands-on approach to purchasing materials has placed the collection among the best in the country. Every year he visits South and Central America, returning with materials that would either be much more expensive in the United States or not available at all.

The Latin American Collection is internationally renowned for its resources on Bolivia, Cuba, Brazil, and Argentina. In 1979, the U.S. Department of Education designated the Center for Latin American Studies -CLAS- as a national resource center and has awarded it competitive research grants, a portion which goes toward Lozano's book purchases.

Eduardo Lozano, Librarian for Latin American Studies.
Artist and Poet.

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