The Erickson-Koch Memorial Garden, formerly the Deering Library south garden, was originally created under the watch of Theodore Wesley Koch, University Librarian from 1919 to 1941. Koch made sure the garden was as elegant as the library itself and continued to improve it until his death in 1941. Forty years later, Rolf Erickson, then head of Circulation Services, conceived a plan with R. Russell Maylone, curator of special collections, and Patrick Quin, University archivist, to restore the garden, which had fallen into neglect. Last year the garden was renamed and dedicated in honor of both Erickson and Koch.