Awards

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Awards Committee | Current & Past Award Winners

Current & Past Award Winners

Arkansas Intellectual Freedom Award

2006---Estella Mae Roberts
1999---Dr. Terry Fiddler
1998---Winston Simpson
Bryant School Board
Truett McCurry
1996---Linda Poindexter

Arkansiana Award top

2009---Elizabeth Jacoway for Turn Away Thy Son (nonfiction), Phil McMath for Lost Kingdoms (fiction), and Sharon Draper for Fire From the Rock (juvenile)
2007---Grif Stockley (Adult Non-Fiction) and Diane Everman (Juvenile)
2005---Dr. Ken Barnes (Adult Non-Fiction) and Charles Sandage (Juvenile Fiction)
2003---Robert Somerlott, Jeannie Whayne, Tom DeBlack, Morris S. "Buzz" Arnold, and George Sabo III
2001---William Cobb, John Grisham, and Jonathon Thorndike
1999---Sara Alderman Murphy, Don Harington, and Eileen Lucas
1997---Jeannie M. Whayne
1995---Carolyn G. LeMaster
1993---Neil Compton
1991---John Graves
1989---Carl Moneyhon and Bobby Roberts
1987---Stephen A. Smith
1985---Shirley Abbot
1983---Timothy P. Donovan and Willard B. Gatewood
1981---Elizabeth Huckaby
1979---Harry S. Ashmore

Baker & Taylor Grass Roots Grant top

1994---Petra Pershall

LaNell Compton Award (for best article in Arkansas Libraries) top

2008---Tracy Farmer
2006---Karen Russ
2004---Bob Razer
2002---Sarah Bryan
2000---Kay Bland and Peggy Morrison
1998---Art Lichtenstein
1996---Susan Cooper
1994---Bob Razer
1992---Mary Hawks and Jan Hart
1990---Margaret R. Beam
1988---Bob Razer
1986---Laura Gassaway
1984---Bob Razer
1982---Clifton O. Lawhorne

Lorrie Shuff Paraprofessional Award top

2009---Donna Rusher
2008---Trish Miller
2007---Brenda Van Dusen
2006---Loretta Edwards
2005---Donette Smith
2003---Rita Mackintosh
2002---Sandra Hooper & Sandra Olson
2001---Jamie Melson
2000---Sheryl Robinson
1999---Lorraine "Lorrie" Shuff
1998---Dusty Schmid
1997---Charlie Stayton
1996---Donna Washko

Ann Lightsey Award top

2009---Kay Taylor
2008---Tiffany Hough
2007---Bettye Kerns
2006---Mary Furlough

Rhetta Patrick Award top

2009---Sue Ellen Bristow
2008---Ann Ayres
2007---Connie Zimmer
2006---Diane Hughes
2004---Brenda Wayne
2003---Karen Richardson
2002---Barbie James
2001---Sylvia Chudy
2000---Cassandra Barnett, Wanda Jones, Barbara McKinney
1999---Kay Bland, Margaret Crank
1998---Jody B. Charter
1997---Rachel Shankles
1996---Selvin Royal
1993---Frances Kuykendall
1992---Don DeWeese
1989---Judy Pitts, Barbara Stripling

President's Award (this is only chosen and given by the ArLA President) top

2007---Governor Mike Beebe
2002---Karen Russ
2000---Dwain Gordon
1999---Dusty Schmid
1997---Michael Dougan, Tom Dillard, and Tim Nutt
1993---Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth Thomason

Distinguished Service Award top

2009---Kaye Talley
2008---Kim Patterson
2007---Sarah Ziegenbein
2006---Bill Traylor
2004---Louise Turner
2003---Phyllis Burkett
2002---Lolly Shaver
2001---Arthur Berman
2000---Dave Burdick
1999---Patricia Zabel
1998---Jenny Petty
1997---John "Pat" Murphey, Jr.
1996---Florence Jordan Bradley
1995---Mary Cheatham
1994---Grace Donoho
1993---Bobby Roberts
1992---Terry Sypoll
1991---Gay Moore
1990---Cassie Brothers
1988---Rose Hogan
1987---Winnie Bell
1986---Lillian Randleman
1985---Larry Larson
1984---Don B. DeWeese
1983---Marcella Grider
1982---Rhetta Patrick

Bessie Moore Trustee Award top

2009---Donna McDonald
2008---Donna Parker
2007---Dr. Phillip D. Nix
2003---Glenanna O' Mara
2002---Donna Casparian
2001---Mary I. Wold
2000---Violet Isaacks
1999---Stanley R. Langley
1998---Joyce Boswell
1997---Anne Weber
1996---Janet Kielsmeier
1995---Tom Dillard
1994---Neil M. Henry
1993---Kersh Hall
1992---M. Elizabeth Kimzy
1990---Harold Ohlendorf
1989---Julia Gardner
1988---Lee Gordon
1985---Glenna Garner
1984---Donald Roeder
1983---Nell Henry
1982---Winnie Mercer Lowe, Joannn Newell, and Fred Darragh
1981---Ruth Fowler
1980---Mrs. W.B. Burkett
1979---J.D. Lybrand

Suzanne Spurrier Academic Librarian Award top

2009---Necia Parker-Gibson
2008---Kathie Buckman
2007---Ron Russ
2006---Art Lichtenstein
2004---Henry Terrill
2003---Peggy Morrison
2002---Rene LeBeau Ford
2001---Amanda Moore

Frances P. Neal Award top

2009---Peggy Walters
2008---Susie Boyett
2007---Ellen Johnson
2006---Lolly Ledbetter Shaver
2005---Larry Larson
2003---Kinne Colpitts
2002---John "Pat" Murphey, Jr.
2001---Edwina Walls Mann
2000---Jackie Wright
1999---Don B. DeWeese
1998---Martha Florine Overton
1997---Shelly T. Wold
1996---Gladys Sachse
1995---Shannon Henderson
1994---Jean Raybon
1991---Evelyn McCoy
1989---Bessie Smith Lockard
1988---Lucille Murphy
1986---Ruth Brunson
1985---Juanita Carter
1984---Freddy Schader

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