{{Short description|President of the Center for Research Libraries (1942–2020)}} thumb|alt=color photo of an older white man with glasses and a beard looking into the camera|Donald Simpson '''Donald Bruce Simpson''' (December 13, 1942 &ndash; April 5, 2020) was a librarian who served as the third president of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) from 1980-1999.<ref name="CRL 2020">{{cite web | title=Remembering Donald Simpson | website=CRL | date=2020-08-26 | url=https://www.crl.edu/news/remembering-donald-simpson | access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Donald Simpson |url=https://chicagojewishfunerals.com/funeral-detail-page/?case=D2C0DFD6-A387-406A-805C-A397C6F0D306 |website=Chicago Jewish Funerals |accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref>

Prior to coming to CRL he worked as Executive Director at the Bibliographical Center for Research in Denver, Colorado from 1975-1980.<ref name="CRL 2020" /> During that time, he compiled and edited the fourth volume of ''The state library agencies: a survey project report'', in 1979.<ref name="IA2020">{{cite web | last=Simpson|first=Donald Bruce|title=The state library agencies : a survey project report, 1979| website=Internet Archive | date=2020-06-10 | url=https://archive.org/details/statelibraryagen0000simp | access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref> This book was co-sponsored by the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA). During his tenure at CRL Simpson oversaw two major building projects--Kenwood I, built when CRL outgrew its original location and Kenwood II at a later time.<ref name="CRL 2020" />

Simpson was born in Ithaca, New York to Francis Alfred Simpson and Drusilla Lucille (Dickson) Simpson. Simpson received an Associate of Arts from Corning Community College in New York in 1962 and a BA from Alfred University in 1964.<ref name="elmira">{{cite news |title=Corning College to Confer Degrees |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/276853541/ |accessdate=28 August 2020 |work=Star-Gazette |date=June 10, 1962 |location=Elmira, NY |page=24}}</ref> He also went on to receive a Master of Science from Syracuse University in 1970.

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