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Abraham Lincoln Library in Springfield Gets New Director

Tanya Koonce
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Peoria Public Radio

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield has a new director.

52-year-old Alan Lowe began the position Monday. Lowe has spent 20 years working with presidential libraries and museums operated by the National Archives, including the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Lowe was most recently the director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, where he oversaw its development, design, construction and operation.

Lowe says he researched how Illinois' unresolved budget issues could affect the Lincoln library and museum and that he feels confident it has bipartisan support.

Lowe says one of his first memories from childhood is visiting Abraham Lincoln's birthplace. He also has a dog named Abraham Lincoln.