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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.

Fellows, Date Fellowship Conferred

(last updated 10/2006)

( * = Deceased; dates listed when known )

Scott Adams, 1978 (* b.1909; d.1982)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Isabelle T. Anderson, 1971 (* b.1905; d.1971)
- brief vita
Rachael K. Anderson, 1995
- brief vita
Gertrude Annan, 1971 (* b.1904; d.1993)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Donald C. Balfour, M.D.*
Alice D. Ball, 1984*
James W. Barry, 1984 (* b.1919; d.1991)
- brief vita
Thomas G. Basler, Ph.D., 2004
- brief vita
Jacqueline D. Bastille, 1996
William K. Beatty, 1997 (* b.1926; d.2002)
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 Bolef, 1988
JoAnne Boorkman, 1999
- brief vita
Virginia M. Bowden, Ph.D., 2000
Jana Bradley, Ph.D., 2003
Alfred N. Brandon, 1990 (* b.1922; d.1996)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Robert M. Braude, Ph.D., 1995
- brief vita
Karen Brewer, Ph.D., 2006
Estelle Brodman, Ph.D., 1981 (* b.1914; d.2007)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Naomi C. Broering, 1994
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Sarah Brown, 1978
- oral history interview summary
William S. Budington, 1985
Alison Bunting, 1998
- brief vita
Carol A. Burns, 2001
- brief vita
Robert G. Cheshier, 1996
Gilbert J. Clausman, 1987
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Nancy Clemmons, 2007
- brief vita
Lois Ann Colaianni, 1994
- brief vita
Helen Crawford, 1974 (* b.1906; d.1994)
- oral history interview summary
Susan Crawford, Ph.D., 1993
- brief vita
Gwendolyn S. Cruzat, Ph.D., 1993
Martin M. Cummings, M.D., 1985
- 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)
Wesley Draper, 1975 *
- 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)
Jacqueline Felter, 1974 (* b.1909; d.1976)
- brief vita
Janet Fisher, 2006
Thomas P. Fleming, 1973 (* b.1907; d.1992)
- oral history interview summary
Rick B. Forsman, 1999
- brief vita
Eloise C. Foster, 1998
William W. Francis, M.D. *
C. William Fraser, 1991 (* b.1925; d.2005)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Doreen Fraser, 1980 (* b.1915; d.1989)
Sherrilynne Fuller, Ph.D., 2003
June H. Fulton, 2001
Eugene Garfield, Ph.D., 1993
Carole M. Gilbert, 2004
- brief vita
Nunzia Bettinsoli Giuse, M.D., 2006
- brief vita
June Glaser, 1999
- brief vita
Beryl Glitz, 2002
Irene Graham, 198
Suzanne Grefsheim, 2008
- brief vita
Frances Groen, 1997
- oral history interview summary
Bertha Hallam, 1966 (* b.1895; d.1982)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Shirley Hesslein, 1985 (* b.1918; d.1992)
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)
- 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
J. Michael Homan, 2003
- brief vita
Mary M. Horres, 1998
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)
Roy C. Johnson, 2000
M. Irene Jones, 1971 (* b.1902; d.1990)
- 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)
- oral history interview summary
Frederick G. Kilgour, 1984 (* d.2006)
- oral history interview summary
Sheldon Kotzin, 2007
- brief vita
Helen Kovacs, 1975 (* b.1912; d.1994)
Cecile E. Kramer, 1993 (* b.1927; d.2007)
David A. Kronick, Ph.D., 1985 (* b. 1917; d. 2006)

oral history interview summary

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

brief vita

Chauncey D. Leake, Ph.D., 1964 *

Joseph Leiter, Ph.D., 1983 (* b. 1915; d. 2005)
- brief vita
Henry L. Lemkau Jr., 2004
- brief vita
Robert Lentz, 1978 (* b.1918; d.1998)
- oral history interview summary
Robert Lewis, 1983 (* b.1918; d.1989)
- brief vita
Miriam Hawkins Libbey, 1984 (* b.1920?; d.1984)
- brief vita
Nancy M. Lorenzi, Ph.D., 1994
- brief vita
Erika Love, 1997
- oral history interview summary
Richard A. Lyders, 1994
Frances I. Lyon, 1989
Ann H. Macomber, 1989
Linda Garr Markwell, 2008
Joanne Gard Marshall, Ph.D., 2002
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
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Lucretia W. McClure, 1993
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Julie J. McGowan, Ph.D.
Diane McKenzie, 2008
- brief vita
Faith A. Meakin, 2004
- brief vita
Judith Messerle, 1999
- brief vita
Erich Meyerhoff, 1985
- brief vita
William Shainline Middleton, M.D., 1961 *
Jean K. Miller, 1991 (* b.1925; d.2000)
- brief vita
Janet Minnerath, 2001
Phyllis S. Mirsky, 1995
- brief vita
Kathleen Moeller, 2000
- brief vita
Hilda Moore, 1978 (* b.1914; d.1993)
- brief vita
David Morse, 2006
- brief vita
Elliot Morse, 1981 (* b.1916; d.1992)
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)
- oral history interview summary
Jacqueline L. Picciano, 1996
Vern M. Pings, 1988 (* b.1923; d.2008)

oral history interview summary

Irwin H. Pizer, 1989 (* b.1934; d.1991)
- brief vita
Ursula H. Poland, 1987
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
William D. Postell, 1974 (* b.1908; d.1982)
- oral history interview summary
L. Margueriete Prime, 1960 (* d.1996)
- brief vita
- oral history interview summary
Jocelyn A. Rankin, Ph.D., 2002
- brief vita
Lenny Rhine, 2008
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, Ph.D., 1997
- 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, Ph.D., 1990
- oral history interview summary
Diane G. Schwartz, 2004
- brief vita
Ada M. Seltzer, 2000
- brief vita
Winifred Sewell, D.Sc., 1978 (* b.1917; d.2002)
- oral history interview summary
James Shedlock, 2007
- 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
Patricia Thibodeau, 2007
- brief vita
John A. Timour, 1988 (* b. 1926; d. 2004)
Judith M. Topper, 1993
Wilma Troxel, 1971 (* b.1906; d.1994)
- 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
Ruth W. Wender, 1985
Ernest Wickersheimer, M.D. *
Emilie V. Wiggins, 1979
M. Sandra Wood, 1998
Jo Ann Bell Wootten, Ph.D., 1997
Helen Yast, 1977
- oral history interview summary
Gail A. Yokote, 2005
- brief vita
Martha Jane K. Zachert, D.L.S., 1985
Joan S. Zenan, 2001
- brief vita
Nancy Whitten Zinn, 1998

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 Kate Corcoran.

Honorary Members, Date Honorary Membership Conferred

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

( * = Deceased; dates listed when known )

For more information on the procedures for awards and honors nominations or applications, contact Lisa C. Fried, mlapd2@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094, x28.