David Batista, former librarian at the Biddle Law Library, died May 31, from complications due to cancer. He was 68.

Mr. Batista earned his bachelor’s degree in Russian history from the University of Illinois in 1974, his JD from Southern Illinois University in 1978, and his master’s of science in library science at the University of Illinois in 1982.

Before coming to Penn in 1984, he worked at the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, and after he left Penn in 1990, he worked at Rutgers Law School-Camden, where he obtained tenure as an associate professor serving as the faculty research services librarian. He was there until 2017.

Mr. Batista is survived by his wife, Emily, coordinator of access services and resource sharing at Van Pelt-Dietrich Library; his brother, Philip; and his sister, Maria.