Dr. George Atiyeh (1923-2008) was a scholar, librarian, author, and editor who headed the African and Middle Eastern Division of the Library of Congress for more than 25 years. Atiyah graduated from the American University in Beirut in 1950 with an M.A. in history. In 1954 he received a doctorate in the history of philosophy from the University of Chicago. Dr. Atiyeh was a professor and administrator at the University of Puerto Rico for some time, after which he joined the Library of Congress in 1967. As head of the Near East section, Atiyeh contributed greatly to building the Library’s renowned collections on the Middle East. Dr. Atiyeh wrote, edited, and contributed to a number of books on Arab philosophy, Christian-Muslim relations, and Arab intellectual history. Dr. George N. Atiyeh contributed the article “Jerusalem in Medieval Christian Thought”, which appeared in the Summer-Autumn 1979 edition of Studies.