Gary Frost is a book conservator and educator. He holds a Master of Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1970). Frost is currently Conservator Emeritus of the University of Iowa Libraries. Gary has served on Faculties of Columbia University, New York, the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, and the Buffalo State Conservation Program at State University of New York at Buffalo. He is recipient of the Banks/Harris Award of the American Library association and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Guild of Book Workers.