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Review the Criteria and Eligibility below.
Purpose
This annual citation is awarded to a public library trustee for achievement, leadership, and service to libraries.
Eligibility
The nominee must be a personal member of ILA (or serve as Trustee at an institution that is an ILA member) and have made a significant contribution to his/her local library. Eligibility includes participation in two of three levels of service (system, state, and national activities) and demonstrated evidence of quality leadership ability.
Criteria
The written support statement should not contain the nominee’s name and be attached to the fully completed Nomination for Recognition form. The written support statement should detail the following:
- contributions to local library, system activities, and involvement on the state and national levels;
- years of service, offices/positions/ committees, and accomplishments;
- notable leadership qualities; and
- any other relevant information.
A note on the selection process for the Trustee of the Year Award: the ILA Trustee Forum Executive Board selects the winner.
Award Winners
The recipient will receive a certificate.
Nomination Deadline
May 15
Nomination Submissions
The nominator’s statement of support should address all criteria under the individual awards as outlined. Nominator must submit the nomination form and attach all support statements, letters, and documentation, etc. required by the award’s criteria. If more than one individual nominates the same person, only one nominator will be invited to attend the Award Ceremony. ILA must receive all nominations by May 15.
Previous Trustee of the Year Award Winners
1949 Sven F. Parson; Mrs. George Mathis
1950 Spenser Ewing; Anna Felt
1951 Alice Seton Berens; Genevieve Long
1952 Valentine Dadant; Lena Jones
1953 Joseph B. Fleming; Irving Dillard
1954 Mrs. A.W. Errett; Mrs. Robert S. John
1955 George W. Bunn, Jr.; Beatrice Tuttle
1956 Fred B. Pattee
1957 Henry B. Terry
1958 Judge Dan Withers
1959 no award
1960 Mrs. Henry C. Warner; special award to Mrs. A.W. Errett
1961 Mrs. Richard Kuhns
1962 Jennie L. Kaeser
1963 Berlyn Pierce
1964 Marguerite B. Louis
1965 Dorothy Corrigan
1966 ?
1967 Leo Heffington
1968 Karl Bauer; Jean Downs
1969 Marilyn Broyles
1970 Matthew Witczak
1971 no award; Alice Ihrig honorably recognized
1972 Lola Reed
1973 Dorothy Phares
1974 ?
1975 Clarence Best
1976 Dorothy Stuebner
1977 Marilyn Boyles
1978 Evelyn Yurdin
1979 Deborah Miller; Alice Coleman
1980 Betty Simpson; Virginia Maulding
1981 James Fitzgerald
1982 Jerry Podesva
1983 Jerrie Lea Hopf; Joan Yetter
1984 Joe Pacholik
1985 Ula Brazier
1986 Maralyn Cunningham
1987 Mark Weber
1988 Madeleine Grant
1989 Harold Hungerford
1990 Lewis Gordon
1991 Nina Wunderlich
1992 Anna L. Donoghue
1993 Edgar Jackson
1994 Ruth Newell
1995 Barbara Burroughs
1996 Fabian Lewandowski
1997 Anna Wallace Standifer
1998 Rose E. Mosley
1999 Jane Rowland
2000 Virginia McCoy
2001 Barry Levine
2002 Robert Lyons
2003 Donald W. McCurry
2004 Richard P. Frisbie
2005 Janet Kelenson
2006 John Dittmer
2007 Karen H. Hannah and Donald L. Roalkvam
2008 no award
2009 Mary Ann Ahl
2010 Margaret J. Danhof and Noreen Lake
2011 Jacqueline Hinaber
2012 Carol Vaughan Kissane
2013 Kimberly D. Johnson
2014 Linda McDonnell and William Coffee
2015 Kathryn Lind Caudill
2016 Jay Kasten
2016 Mary Jo Akeman
2017 Dave Barry
2018 Katrina Arnold
2019 Debbie Smart
2020 Dr. Ronald Rodgers
2021 Christine Westerlund
2022 Joseph Filapek
2023 Becky Keane
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