98-11-06:  LAUREATE LEAVES PERSONAL LIBRARY




By Dan Heuchert



The University Library has received a distinctive collection of books
and papers from the late 1982 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Alfonso
Garcia Robles of Mexico this week.

A new exhibit honoring the nuclear disarmament advocate's distinguished
diplomatic career is on display in Alderman Library and consists of
documents, articles and photos, with a particular emphasis on the peace
prize.

The collection, which comprises 1,100 volumes, will be permanently
housed at the University's Law Library, where it will augment an
extensive collection of national and international security materials.

Alfonso Garcia Robles, who was born in Zamora and died in 1991, shared
the 1982 Nobel Peace Prize with Swedish diplomat Alva Myrdal, who was
also active in nuclear disarmament issues. The crowning achievement of
Garcia Robles' career was the 1967 Treaty of Tlatelolco, which created
a nuclear-free zone in Latin America.

"For over two decades he led nearly every Mexican delegation to
international disarmament negotiations, and was widely viewed as one of
the most effective authorities in the field," said John L. Redick, a
lecturer on nuclear disarmament issues in the Department of Government
and Foreign Affairs, who was instrumental in arranging the donation of
the Garcia Robles collection.