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Valued Seeing students studying in Park Library always inspires Somdev Roy, M.D. It's something the board-certifi ed oncologist and hematologist observes each time he visits the CMU library to relax and read about his favorite topics of history and philosophy at least once every week. As common as these actvities are in the United States, such an educational resource isn't readily available for people in Dr. Roy's home country of India. "Libraries in India are not free and open to the public, McLaren-Central Michigan's Norval K. Morey Cancer Center in Mount Pleasant. "I believe the library system in the United States is one of the greatest and most valuable aspects of our society. " says Roy, who is a doctor at " patron Local physician uses Park Library's resources After attending R.G. Kar Medical College in India, Roy moved to the United States with his wife and son. During his time in the United States, Roy completed medical residencies at Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn., and at St. Joseph Mercy in Oakland, Mich. He also completed a fellowship at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. Since coming to Mount Pleasant in 1999 to work at McLaren-Central Michigan, Roy has regularly tapped into the library's collections, programs and author presentations. He in turn has generously contributed toward their continued development through the Friends of the Libraries. "I am happy to support something I can get so much out of, " Roy says. Time at the library is what Roy says he considers as his "down time. sitting on the fourth fl oor because he enjoys its quietness. " He likes And it isn't uncommon for Roy to spend as many as four hours researching a topic of particular interest to him that day, not just because he wants to but because it's readily available to him and to the countless others who have access to a wealth of information in the library. • A recent Friends of the Libraries annual luncheon provided library supporter Dr. Somdev Roy the opportunity to meet guest speaker and award-winning author Marie Arana. 7