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STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF
INVITED TO SEUSS BIRTHDAY EVENT

The birthday of the late Theodor Seuss Geisel will be marked with the serving of free cake and punch at noon March 1 outside Geisel Library at the University of California, San Diego.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in the event which observes the 98th birthday of the world-famed author, creator of “The Cat in the Hat,” “Green Eggs and Ham” and a multitude of other “Dr.Seuss” works.

Scott Paulson and the Geisel Library Toy Piano Band will perform a brief concert of Dr. Seuss tunes from The Cat in the Hat Songbook preceding the cake cutting. During the day the chimes atop Geisel Library will ring out a special tune commissioned by the library and composed by UCSD alumna Melissa Ehlers.

Two giant balloon inflatables will mark the birthday celebration site.

Geisel Library is named in honor of the late author and his widow, Audrey Geisel, of La Jolla. UCSD received Geisel’s collection of drawings, notebooks and other memorabilia following his death in 1991, and four years later Audrey Geisel made a substantial donation to support the university’s libraries.