After nearly 30 years as the director of the West Bloomfield Township Public Library, Clara Bohrer recently retired. Bohrer is pictured in 2010 with former First Lady Michelle Obama and local resident Cameron Thomas-Shah after the library was one of five in the United States to be awarded the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. Photo provided by Clara Bohrer Longtime West Bloomfield library director retires Advertisement WEST BLOOMFIELD — Nearly 30 years ago, Clara Bohrer received a phone call to inform her that she had been hired as the director of the West Bloomfield Township Public Library. She was so enthusiastic about the news that she “couldn’t wait to hang up from that call so I could call my husband, parents and friends, and say, ‘Oh my goodness, I’m (going to) be able to work in West Bloomfield.’”