Marilyn Agnes Hicks

Miss Hicks was a kind and compassionate woman, devoted to her work at UW-Madison. She will be remembered fondly by the students she directed at the Business Library.

i have fond memories of working under Miss Hicks at the Business Library in the last few years she was there. She was a very private person, but always was kind to the staff and concerned for our well-being. She helped make the Business Library one of the best places I have ever been employed.

Marilyn was one of the bibliographers I worked for at Memorial Library. She was quite the character! We also had many conversations about animals and pets. Rest in peace.

Marilyn was a quiet person, never raising her voice, asking questions and probing the answers. My recollection is not of specific instances but of her dry, skeptically humorous "asides" on things going on in the library, on campus, in Madison or the world. Always said in a nice, though sly, way as we were leaving a meeting together or accidental meetings in the hallway. She was passionate for sure about what it meant to be a librarian serving the campus community.

I also worked for her at the Business Library. A kind, quiet, intellectual individual.