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Awards and Honors

Fellows and Honorary Members

Throughout its history MLA has recognized individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of the purposes for which the Association stands by conferring a special membership status. "Honorary Member" was the term used until 1976, when a distinction was then made between MLA members and non-members who made contributions.

Fellows
MLA Fellows are Regular Members and are elected by the Board of Directors, for sustained and outstanding contributions to health sciences librarianship and to the advancement of the purposes of MLA. Fellows may use the initialism "FMLA" following their names.
Honorary Members
Honorary Members are individuals who are not Regular Members and are elected by the Board of Directors for their outstanding contributions to the advancement of the purposes of MLA.

The MLA Fellows have undertaken a project to develop a comprehensive listing of all MLA Fellows, including selected biographical information designed to illustrate each Fellow's contributions to MLA. Many fellows also appear on the "MLA's Most Notables" page developed for the association's 1998 centennial celebration. Special thanks to Alison Bunting, AHIP, FMLA for confirming records and for coordinating of the development of biographical materials for this site. This is a work in progress that will be expanded over time. For suggestions or comments on this listing or Fellow brief vitae contact Diane McKenzie, or MLA staff member Mary Langman.

Fellows, Date Fellowship Conferred

( * = Deceased; dates listed when known )

Scott Adams, 1978 (* b.1909; d.1982)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Margaret (Peg) Allen, 2010
Isabelle T. Anderson, 1971 (* b.1905; d.1971)
- brief vita
Rachael K. Anderson, 1995
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
- oral history interview summary (joint Anderson/Bunting interview)
Gertrude Annan, 1971 (* b.1904; d.1993)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Shelley A. Bader, 2010
- brief vita
Donald C. Balfour, MD*
Alice D. Ball (* b.1913; d.1999)
- brief vita
Margaret Moylan Bandy, 2010
- brief vita
James W. Barry, 1984 (* b.1919; d.1991)
- brief vita
Thomas G. Basler, PhD, 2004
- brief vita
Jacqueline D. Bastille, 1996
- brief vita
William K. Beatty, 1997 (* b.1926; d.2002)
- brief vita
Albert M. Berkowitz, 1985
- brief vita
Sue Biethan (* b. 1886; d. 1968)
- brief vita
David Bishop, 1990 (* b.1928; d.1989)
- brief vita
Harold J. Bloomquist, 1976 (* b.1928; d.1985)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Doris Saphir Bolef, 1988
- brief vita
JoAnne Boorkman, 1999
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Virginia M. Bowden, PhD, 2000
- brief vita
C. Trenton Boyd, 2011
- brief vita
Jana Bradley, PhD, 2003
- brief vita
Alfred N. Brandon, 1990 (* b.1922; d.1996)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Robert M. Braude, PhD, 1995
- brief vita
Karen Brewer, PhD, 2006
- brief vita
Estelle Brodman, PhD, 1981 (* b.1914; d.2007)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Naomi C. Broering, 1994
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Sarah Cole Brown, 1978
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Holly Shipp Buchanan, 2009
- brief vita
- oral history summary
William S. Budington, 1985
- brief vita
Alison Bunting, 1998
- brief vita
- oral history summary
- oral history summary (joint Anderson/Bunting interview)
Carol A. Burns, 2001
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Karen Butter, 2011
- brief vita
Gary D. Byrd, 2009
- brief vita
Robert Grant Cheshier, 1996
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Gilbert J. Clausman, 1987 (* b. 1921; d. 2011)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Nancy Clemmons, 2007
- brief vita
Lois Ann Colaianni, 1994
- brief vita
Helen Crawford, 1974 (* b.1906; d.1994)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Susan Crawford, PhD, 1993
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Gwendolyn S. Cruzat, PhD, 1993
Martin M. Cummings, MD, 1985 (*b.1911; d.2011)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Eileen Cunningham, 1960 (* b.1898; d.1965)
- brief vita
Louise Darling, 1978 (* b.1911; d.1999)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Marjorie J. Darrach, 1961 (* b.1891; d.1975)
- brief vita
Edith Dernehl, 1961 (* b.1885; d.1970)
- brief vita
Janet Doe, 1960 (* b.1895; d.1985)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Jacqueline Donaldson Doyle, 2002
- brief vita
Mayo Drake, 1986 (* b.1924; d.1986)
- brief vita
Wesley Draper, 1975 *
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Rosalind Farnam Dudden, 2003
- brief vita
Pauline Duffield, 1974
Alice Dunlap, 1982 *
Dottie Eakin, 1999
Myrl Ebert, 1978 (* b.1913; d.2001)
- brief vita
Jacqueline Felter, 1974 (* b.1909; d.1976)
- brief vita
Janet Fisher, 2006
- brief vita
Thomas P. Fleming, 1973 (* b.1907; d.1992)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Rick B. Forsman, 1999
- brief vita
Lynn M. Fortney, 2011
Eloise C. Foster, 1998
William W. Francis, MD *
C. William Fraser, 1991 (* b.1925; d.2005)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Doreen Fraser, 1980 (* b.1915; d.1989)
- brief vita
Sherrilynne Fuller, PhD, 2003
- brief vita
June H. Fulton, 2001
Mark E. Funk, 2010
- brief vita
Eugene Garfield, PhD, 1993
- brief vita
Carole M. Gilbert, 2004
- brief vita
Nunzia Bettinsoli Giuse, MD, 2006
- brief vita
June Glaser, 1999
- brief vita
Beryl Glitz, 2002
Irene Graham, 1987
Suzanne Grefsheim, 2008
- brief vita
Frances Groen, 1997
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Bertha Hallam, 1966 (* b.1895; d.1982)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Shirley Hesslein, 1985 (* b.1918; d.1992)
- brief vita
Bernice M. Hetzner, 1974 (* b.1909; d.1998)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Thomas D. Higdon, 1991
Samuel W. Hitt, 1986 (* b.1921; d.2005)
- brief vita
T. Mark Hodges, 1995 (* b.1933; d.2006)
- brief vita

oral history interview summary

Kathryn J. Hoffman, 2007
- brief vita
Rose Hogan, 1991
Ruth Holst, 2002
- brief vita
Virginia H. Holtz, 1994 (* b. 1932; d. 2006)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
J. Michael Homan, 2003
- brief vita
Mary Milon Horres, 1998
- brief vita
C. K. Huang, 1993
- brief vita
Betsy Humphreys, 2008
- brief vita
Mary E. Irish, 1953 *
- brief vita
John A. Isché, 1986 (* b.1919; d.1988)
- brief vita
Sara Jean Jackson, 1996
Carol G. Jenkins, 2001
- brief vita
Barbara Coe Johnson, 1987 (* b.1923; d.2001)
- brief vita
Roy C. Johnson, 2000
M. Irene Jones, 1971 (* b.1902; d.1990)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Ann E. Kerker, 1978 (* b.1912; d.1997)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Thomas E. Keys, 1973 (* b.1908; d.1995)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Frederick G. Kilgour, 1984 (* d.2006)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Sheldon Kotzin, 2007
- brief vita
Helen Kovacs, 1975 (* b.1912; d.1994)
- brief vita
Cecile E. Kramer, 1993 (* b.1927; d.2007)
- brief vita
David A. Kronick, PhD, 1985 (* b. 1917; d. 2006)

Gertrude Lamb, PhD, 1992
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Jane A. Lambremont, 1996 (* b. 1931; d. 2005)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Mildred Crowe Langner, 1978 (* b. 1911; d. 2003)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Sanford V. Larkey, MD, 1964 *

brief vita

Chauncey D. Leake, PhD, 1964 (* b. 1896; d.1978)
- brief vita

Joseph Leiter, PhD, 1983 (* b. 1915; d. 2005)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Henry L. Lemkau Jr., 2004
- brief vita
Robert Lentz, 1978 (* b.1918; d.1998)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Susan Lessick, AHIP, 2012
Robert Lewis, 1983 (* b.1918; d.1989)
- brief vita
Miriam Hawkins Libbey, 1984 (* b.1920?; d.1984)
- brief vita
Nancy M. Lorenzi, PhD, 1994
- brief vita
Erika Love, 1997
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Logan Ludwig, 2009
- brief vita
Richard A. Lyders, 1994
- brief vita
Frances Ishii Lyon, 1989
- brief vita
Ann Hodge Macomber, 1989 (* b.1927; d.2011)
- brief vita
Linda Garr Markwell, 2008
Joanne Gard Marshall, PhD, 2002
- brief vita
Mary Louise Marshall, 1960 (* b.1893; d.1986)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Jess A. Martin, 1989
- brief vita
- oral history interview
Nina W. Matheson, 1994
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Priscilla M. Mayden, 1984 (* b.1918; d.2011)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Lucretia W. McClure, 1993
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Julie J. McGowan, PhD
- brief vita
Diane McKenzie, 2008
- brief vita
(Kathleen) Ann McKibbon, 2012
- brief vita
Faith A. Meakin, 2004
- brief vita
Judith Messerle, 1999
- brief vita
Erich Meyerhoff, 1985
- brief vita
- Medical Library Center of New York oral history interview summary
William Shainline Middleton, MD, 1961 *
Jean K. Miller, 1991 (* b.1925; d.2000)
- brief vita
Janet Minnerath, 2001
- brief vita
Phyllis S. Mirsky, 1995
- brief vita
- oral history summary interview
Kathleen Moeller, 2000
- brief vita
Hilda Moore, 1978 (* b.1914; d.1993)
- brief vita
David Morse, 2006
- brief vita
Elliott Morse, 1981 (* b.1916; d.1992)
- brief vita
Gerald J. Oppenheimer, 1987
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Minnie S. Orfanos, 1989
Wayne J. Peay, 2000
- brief vita
E. Jean Antes Pelley, 1986 (* b.1920; d.2008)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Jacqueline L. Picciano, 1996
Vern M. Pings, 1988 (* b.1923; d.2008)
- brief vita

oral history interview summary

Irwin H. Pizer, 1989 (* b.1934; d.1991)
- brief vita
Ursula H. Poland, 1987 (* b.1922; d.2009)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
William D. Postell, 1974 (* b.1908; d.1982)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
L. Margueriete Prime, 1960 (* d.1996)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Jocelyn A. Rankin, PhD, 2002 (* b.1947; d.2010)
- brief vita
Lenny Rhine, 2008
- brief vita
1983 Beatrix H. Robinow, 1983 (* b.1915; d.2001)
- brief vita
Ida Marion Breed Robinson, 1966 (* b.1903; d.1985)
Frank B. Rogers, 1975 (* b.1914; d.1987)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Fred W. Roper, PhD, 1997
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Phillip Rosenstein, 1991 (* b.1922; d.1993)
- brief vita
Elisabeth D. Runge, 1967 (* b.1897; d.1990)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Mary L. Ryan, 2006
- brief vita
Charles W. Sargent, PhD, 1990
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Connie Schardt, 2010
- brief vita
Diane G. Schwartz, 2004
- brief vita
Ada M. Seltzer, 2000
- brief vita
Winifred Sewell, DSc, 1978 (* b.1917; d.2002)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
James Shedlock, 2007
- brief vita
Jean Pugh Shipman, 2009
- brief vita
Irene M. Strieby Shreve, 1960 (* d.1987)
- brief vita
Kent A. Smith, 2005
- brief vita
Julia F. Sollenberger, 2005
- brief vita
Joan Staats, 1985 (* d.2000)
- brief vita
Harriett Steuernagel, 1994 (* b.1907; d.1997)
- brief vita
Madeline V. Taylor, 1994
- brief vita
Patricia Thibodeau, 2007
- brief vita
John A. Timour, 1988 (* b. 1926; d. 2004)
- brief vita
M.J. Tooey, 2009
- brief vita
Judith M. Topper, 1993
- brief vita
Wilma Troxel, 1971 (* b.1906; d.1994)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Pat L. Walter, 1995
Marjorie Bernice Wannarka, 1992
Donald Washburn, D.D.S., 1978 (* b.1916; d.1992)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Linda A. Watson, 2005
- brief vita
Ronald M. Watterson, 1991 (* b.1933; d.1993)
- brief vita
Frieda O. Weise, 2003
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Kay E. Wellik, AHIP, 2012
- brief vita
Ruth W. Wender, 1985
Ernest Wickersheimer, MD *
Emilie V. Wiggins, 1979
- brief vita
M. Sandra Wood, 1998
Jo Ann Bell Wootten, PhD, 1997
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Helen T. Yast, 1977 ( * b.1917; d.2008)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Gail A. Yokote, 2005
- brief vita
Martha Jane K. Zachert, DLS, 1985
- brief vita
Joan S. Zenan, 2001
- brief vita
Nancy Whitten Zinn, 1998
- brief vita

Special thanks to Alison Bunting, AHIP, FMLA, for confirming fellow records and for coordinating the development of biographical materials for this site. This is a work in progress that will be expanded as time permits. For suggestions or comments on this listing or Fellow brief vitae, contact Alison Bunting, or MLA staff member Mary Langman.

Honorary Members, Date Honorary Membership Conferred

Marion Ball, 1996
William G. Cooper, PhD, 1999
Nicholas E. Davies, 1990 (* b.1925; d.1991)
Lois DeBakey, PhD, 1989
Michael E. DeBakey, MD, 1997 ( * b.1908;
d. 2008)
Dale P. Dirks, 2003
Carla J. Funk, CAE, Hon. FCLIP, 2009
Laura Shane Godbolt, 2000
R. Brian Haynes, MD, PhD, 1998
Frances Humphrey Howard, 1990 (* b.1914;
d. 2002)
Edward Janavel Huth, MD, 1993
Henry M. Kissman, PhD, 1992
John Albert Majors, 1998
William Harcourt Majors, 1998
John P. McGovern, MD, 1985 (* b.1921; d.2007)
Leslie T. Morton, 1994 (* d.2004)
- oral history interview summary
Ralph H. Parker, Ph. D. (* b.1909; d.1990)
Harold M. Schoolman, MD, 2000 (* b.1924; d.2009)
Paul M. Schyve, MD, 1995
David W. C. Stewart, 1997 (* b.1941; d.2000)
Norman F. Stearns, MD, 1978
Marjorie P. Wilson, MD., 1984 (* d.1997)

( * = Deceased; dates listed when known )

For more information on the procedures for awards and honors nominations or applications, contact Carla Funk, mlapd2@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094.