For over 30 years, Duane Webster worked tirelessly and effectively in developing leaders in the research library community. Through his own efforts and example and through a group of colleagues he trained and mentored, the Association of Research Libraries was able to create a series of programs in leadership development that has had an impact on research librarianship across the county and throughout the world. Webster's foresight more than three decades ago concerning the change and complexity facing the modern research library and the new leadership that would be needed to manage this challenging environment has been critically important and beneficial to the library profession. (Contains 9 notes.)