copyright and dead author

[Marybeth Milcetich <mkaal@COMCAST.NET>]

Hello.
Our school would like to use a book that is out of print as a textbook for our
learning disabled students. The teacher talked to Peter at Ave Maria Press who
said that because the book is out of print (1982 copyright), the publisher no
longer has the copyright, we would need to check with the author. She further
investigated and found that there is a memorial fund for the author so we are
assuming he is dead. Therefore, I am assuming that it is perfectly fine to make
25 classroom copies, right? What would I put on the title page so that parents
know we did this legitimately?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Marybeth Milcetich,
School Library Media Specialist
Good Counsel HIgh School
Wheaton, MD
mkaal@comcast.net

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