Distinguished service

TLA Award Winners
Lifetime Honorary Member, 2001 Laura Bush	Meritorius Service, 1995 Jean T. Hamrick, Joe McCord

YEAR	Librarian of the year	Project of the Year	Outstanding Service	Distinguished Service	Benefactor	Philanthropic
2005	Jack Strawn	Re-Reads Bookstore, Friends of the Alpine PL and Alpine Public Library	Adelene James	James Stewart
2004		The Blue Bellies are in Austin: Readings from the Travis County Slave Narratives, Austin History Center and Austin PL	Representative Terry Keel	Bonnie Juergens	Belle and Richard Johnson
2003	Jo Ann Oliphant	Peer Tutor MEDLINE Plus, S. TX ISD & UTHSCSA	Barbara Bush Friends of the Library, Harris Co PL	JoAnne Moore	Louis E. Capt
2002	Jeanie Spivey	The Original Search Engine, Fort Worth Public	Mary Margaret Farabee	Robert Martin	Bill and Sally Wittliff Joe Barnhart Foundation
2001	Robert S. Gaines	Window on the World, Pasadena Public Library	Laura Welch Bush	S. Joe McCord	Exxon Mobile Company (Baytown Area) Mary Smith Fay (posthumous) Fort Worth Public Library Foundation
2000	Jon Gatlin		George Kramig		Michael & Susan Dell Orus & Helen Mooney Memorial Reliant Energy-Houston	Margaret McDermott
1999	Louella V. Wetherbee	Power Card Challenge, Houston Public Library	Jann Phenix Brown and William (Will) J. Richardson	George E.Huffman	Alton & Fay Talbert Memorial Fund Janet & Ed Harte Dink M. Robb
1998	Jeanette Larson	Teen Wise Centers, Dallas Public Library	Sandy Melton	June Kahler Berry	Walter Faust, Jr. Jerry & Alice Murl Kidd John & Dolores Mitchell J.E. & L.E. Mabee Foundation Dr. C. Clifford Wendler Reece and Jo West Ethel "Hoffie" Wolters	Governor & Mrs. William P. Hobby
1997	Dana C. Rooks	Texas Book Festival, Austin	Helen H. Croft		Mr/Mrs Charles Pierce, Jr. Pi Beta Phi Houston Alumnae Club	Dr. Jagdish Mehra
1996	Julie Beth Todaro	Camp Wanna-Read, Nottingham Country Elem., Katy	Mary McAfee		Michael & Deborah Harbison Leon Liddell NE San Antonio Kiwanis Willa B. Patterson & Opal Walls	The Tocker Foundation The Wilton and Effie Mae Hebert Foundation
1995	Betsy L. Burson	VICTORY Program, Austin Public Library	Patrick Heath,	Lowell L. Lindsey	Cuero Federal Savings & Loan Federation of TX A&M Mothers' Club Friends of the Friench Simpson Memorial Library (Halletsville)	Hall-Voyer Foundation
1994	Elizabeth N. Polk	Pepe’s Magic Tales Television Show, Austin Public Library	Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock	Patricia H. Smith	Corpus Christi Charity League	Mr. & Mrs. W.W. Davis
1993	Maribelle Davis	Mendez Middle School Summer Project, Austin		David M. Henington	Friends of the Leon Valley PL Jean Welhausen Kaspar Mary Welhausen Willa Hall	Bertha Foundation
1992	Nancy J. Spaulding	KETK-TV, Tyler	Mary Katherine Prince		Dr/Mrs Harold B. Cameron & Tyler & Juliett Jarvis Ruth Clark Richard P. Eckert Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library (College Station) Rosalind Redfern Hardy Sanders Harry H. Whipple	The Hobby Foundation The Dodge Jones Foundation
1991	Sharon L. Criswell	U.S.-Mexico ILL Project UTEP, El Paso	Thomas M. McLaren	James O. Wallace	El Paso Natural Gas T. Boone Pickens Louis Perry Spicer Structural Metals, Inc. (Seguin) Beatrice Graves	Mr. & Mrs. Jenkins Garrett
1990	Irene Braden Hoadley	J.W. Holloway Middle School, Whitehouse	Alex Burton	Margaret Irby Nichols	Burney, Aubrey, & Willie Mae Driscoll The Houston Endowment W.O. Haggard, Jr. Family Mr/Mrs A.D. Phelps Grace Recane Langland Estate	The Meadows Foundation, Dallas
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	1989 Patricia H. Smith 1988 S. Joe McCord 1987 Alvin C. Cage 1986 Janelle Paris 1985 Linda F. Allmand 1984: James Stewart 1983 C. Glenn Sparks 1982 Paul J. Vagt 1981 John B. Corbin 1980 Elizabeth Crabb 1979 Robert A. Houze 1978 Norma Andis 1977 Alice Green 1976 David M. Henington 1975 Zella Mann Lewis 1974 Maxine Johnston 1973 Sam G. Whitten 1972 John B. Smith 1971 Thelma McDaniel Phillips 1970 Heartsill H. Young 1969 James O. Wallace 1968 Alice Brooks McGuire 1967 Mary Carter Rice 1966 Phyllis S. Burson 1965 Mattie Ruth Moore 1964 Siddie Joe Johnson 1963 Ray C. Janeway 1960 Elenora C. Alexander 1961 Lillian Moore Bradshaw 1962 Fred Folmer	1989 TLA District 2 Legislative Breakfast 1988 Briscoe Library, UTHCC- SA 1987 Friends of the Kingwood Library, Kingwood 1986 Genevieve Miller Hitchcock Public Library 1985 Fort Worth Public Library 1984 Carnegie-Marshall-Davis Public School Library Project 1983 Association for Higher Education of North Texas, Union List of Serials Project 1980 Cypress-Fairbanks I.S.D. 1979 Sterling Municipal Library, Baytown 1978 Angleton Friends of the Library 1975 Nacogdoches Public Library 1974 Austin Public Library 1973 Marshall Public Library 1972 Bexar County Jail Library Project, San Antonio 1971 Denison Public Library 1970 Dumas Junior High School 1969 Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library, Kerrville 1968 T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library, Diboll 1966 Del Rio News-Herald 1964 Abilene Public Library 1963 Deer Park School District 1962 Reeves County Library, Pecos 1961 Key Club, Abilene Christian College 1960 Eastland Public Library	1989 San Antonio Light 1988 Linda Claytor 1987 Connie Moore Dr. Sam R. Barnes Beatrice Berler (Honorable Mention) 1984 Dr. John W. Wootters 1983 Jerre Hetherington 1982 Carol Bartz 1981 Wayne Sellers 1980 Ruth Tienor 1979 Herbert H. Weidinger 1978 Bruce Goss 1977 Robert E. Davis 1976 Norma J. Stanton 1975 Shirley Igo 1974 Mrs. William Klingensmith 1973 Dr. Paul B. Crawford 1972 Mrs. Bishop L. Bailey, Sr. 1971 Dr. Melvin Marx 1970 Donna Thomas 1969 Mrs. John H. Burns 1968 Mrs. Frank H. Dotterweich 1967 Mrs. William B. Arper 1966 Richard W. Pettway 1965 Dorothea L. Gingrich 1964 James L. Love 1963 Bertha T. Cornwell 1962 Mrs. Freeman C. Holbrook 1961 Lloyd L. Turner 1960 Mrs. Albert Cauthorn	1989 Elizabeth Crabb 1988 Frank D. Hankins 1987 Heartsill H. Young 1986 Sam G. Whitten 1985 Mary D. Lankford 1978 Catheryn S. Franklin 1975 Lillian Moore Bradshaw 1972 Jerre Hetherington 1971 Thelma Andrews 1964 Robert R. Douglass 1960 Edwin Sue Goree	1989 Mrs. Virginia Carpenter Paul I. Evans Charles Koehler 1988 The George Foundation John A. & Katherine Jackson Edmund E. Jones Hollis & Sue Jones Arnold J. Kocurek D.L. & Lucille Pillow Library Fund Mrs. Cooper Kirby Ragan Judge Ken G. Spencer T.L.L. Temple Foundation 1987 Dr. Robert J. Chilton Estates of Elta Campbell Roberts & Meliva Poteet Campbell Estate of Alys Sissel 1986 Lester & Virginia Clark Rita & Truett Smith Joe & Elsie Laurent Wolff 1985 Zula Bryant Wylie 1984 Houston Endowment, Inc. 1983 Chester & A.C. Schwethim 1982 John H. Wright, St. Petersburg, FL Mr/Mrs Wilton P. Hebert 1981 Mrs. E.S.F. Brainard Juanita Speer Farley The George Foundation Loran L. Laughlin, Salt Lake City, UT C. Curtis Reese, Shreveport, LA 1980 Cooper Foundation 1979 Mr/Mrs. Holt Atherton Mary & Jeff Bell, Jr. Brown Foundation, Houston Mr/Mrs John O. Chapman, Jr. Ewing Halsell Foundation Bishop & Mrs. Everett H. Jones Kamko Foundation Alice G.K. Kleberg Fund The Kresge Foundation, Troy, MI Charles L. McCune, Pittsburgh, PA The J.E. & L.E. Mabee Foundation Mr/Mrs Harry Parker The Pew Memorial Trust, Philadelphia, PA Ed Rachal Foundation Sid W. Richardson Foundation Lyra Haisley Sparks Texas Natural Resources Foundation Lucile Thurmon Trinity University Alumni Association 1978 James R. Emanuel Tandy Corporation Amon G. Carter Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Everette Reynolds Houston Endowment Brown Foundation 1977 Jim Comish Mrs. Hillsman Davis Mr/Mrs Vernice Ford Dr. J. Carl Hertzog Mr/Mrs Sid Harkins Mrs. Percy Jones Nora Locklin Charles E. McClure, Sr. Jane Burges Perrenot Ben Powell Lance Sears Nina Crozier Smith 1976 Frell L. Albright Mrs. A.T. “Winnie” Carleton Mr/Mrs John T. Carter Mr/ Mrs Kenneth Franzheim II Mrs. Carol Tyrrell Kyle Mr/Mrs. James L. Love The Mobil Foundation, Beaumont Refinery Dr. Henry M. Rockwell Nelda C. Stark Dr. & Mrs. John H. Wootters 1975 Adeline Blanton Irene Carmichael Cecil H. & Ida M. Green Richard Harper Richard Harrison Daniel B. Reynolds Traylor Russell Carl Scharf Garrett Sherman Dorothy Stell Billie Wesley Jerry Wright	1989 Benjamin M. Anderson James & Virginia Wiley 1987 Herlin-Trull Families John G. & Maria Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation 1986 Gov. Bill & Vera Martin Daniel Catherine Dumraese Estate Sterling C. Evans T.L.L. Temple Foundation 1985 Amon G. Carter Foundation Frito-Lay, Inc. Jasper & Maryon Moore Phillips Petroleum Co. 1984 Friends of the Coleman Public Library Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Austin, Sr. 1983 Mrs. Elizabeth Huth Maddux Tom Green County Friends of the Library R.C. Miller Community Fund Dr. & Mrs. Mavis P. Kelsey 1982 Harrington Foundation T.J. Brown & C.A. Lupton Foundation Drs. Cecil & Ida Green Anne Burnett Tandy & Charles D. Tandy Foundation 1981 Eunice & James West Mrs. Gladys Johnson Ritchie 1980 J. Erik Jonsson, Dallas 1979 Walter W. McAllister, Sr. 1978 Mr. & Mrs. Ennis A. Greer 1975 Friends of the Dallas Public Library 1974 John Peace 1973 The Temple Family 1972 Moody Foundation, Galveston 1968 Mr. & Mrs. Howard E. Butt

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