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Ed Halina Parkland Region Trustee: advocate and champion in the development of library systems in Alberta

Harry Newsom Alberta Librarian: leader and advocate in provincial and regional library service development

Robert A. Bailey Yellowhead Trustee: advocate

Elizabeth Howery Yellowhead Trustee: first chair of Yellowhead

Dorothy Morgan Calgary Librarian: professional development of library service for children

Bob Block Medicine Hat Librarian: leader and advocate: introduced arts and cultural programming

George Dew Lethbridge Librarian: implemented professional services

Hazel Bletcher Lethbridge Librarian: leader

Duncan Rand Lethbridge Leader in development of resource sharing in Alberta

Lorna Haddow Calgary Leader in trustee development, training and continuing education

Ivy Taylor Wainwright Librarian that built local library service; trailblazer

Sue Dutton Calgary Trustee: educator and advocate

Dr. W. J. Collett Calgary Trustee: leader and advocate

John Dutton Lethbridge Librarian: one of the first professional librarians in Alberta

Bob Bell Edmonton Librarian: innovator in children’s services; puppeteer and storyteller

Hugh Gourlay Edmonton Librarian: innovator; Library Streetcar

Gertrude Worth Cardston Librarian: advocate and builder of local library service

Bruce Peel Edmonton Librarian: advocate and Prairie bibliographer; university librarian

Betty Henderson Edmonton Librarian: advocate; instructor; professor of library science

Eve Whitmey Peace River Trustee: advocate for library service

Irene Arnold Grande Centre Trustee: advocate for library system service in the Northeast

Olive Lancaster Fairview Librarian and trustee: Fairview College

Phyllis Brazeau Grande Prairie Librarian and advocate

Bill Sutherland Barrhead Librarian: innovator: Bookmobile

Jean Mucha Edmonton Trustee: advocate for library service

Hazel Hart Hinton Librarian: builder of local library

Cornelia Wood Stony Plain Trustee: advocate

Joan Vroom Banff Librarian: builder of local library service

Mary Alice Stewart Banff Trustee: advocate

Margaret Mclean Camrose Trustee: advocate

Twig (Kay) Taylor Ponoka Trustee: advocate

Mary Lou Rose Parkland Trustee: advocate and educator

Sandra Weidner Parkland Trustee: advocate and educator

Myrna Speers Rocky Mountain House

Librarian: builder of local library service; promoter of services

Helen Hunley Rocky Mountain House

Trustee: advocate

Lois Hole Alberta Advocate; educator; writer; promoter

Bob Irvine High River Trustee: advocate: champion of systems

Dr. Stan Cockx Strathmore Doctor who volunteered as librarian; builder

Karen Armbruster Brooks Librarian: children’s librarian; educator; storyteller

Alice Avery Taber Librarian: builder of local service

Cliff Dacre Redcliff Trustee: advocate, builder of Shortgrass library system

Bill Schieman Medicine Hat Trustee: advocate

Vic Juba Lloydminster Trustee: advocate; local builder of library service

Patrica Cavill Strathmore Librarian: advocate; educator; writer; marketing strategist

Nick Spillios Edmonton Trustee: advocate; Friends of Library promoter

Verna Millican Edmonton Librarian: developer: multilingual biblioservice

Jean Lewis High Prairie Trustee: advocate of library system service in Peace area

Rudy Nikiforuk

Vegreville Trustee: advocate

Liz Hubbard

Tofield Librarian: advocate, builder of local library service; educator

Betty Cockburn Fort Saskatchewan

Librarian and advocate

Ray Campeau Bonnyville Trustee: advocate

Maureen Wilcox Mayerthorpe Trustee: advocate; educator

Marie Logan Lomond Trustee: advocate

Margaret Law Parkland Library system director: developer; educator; advocate

Sheryl Pelletier High Level Librarian: builder; educator

Alexander Calhoun Calgary Librarian: professional; builder

Louise Riley Calgary Librarian: professional; writer

Dr. E. Hill Edmonton Trustee: advocate

Grace MacDonald Edmonton Librarian: Children’s services

Georgina Thomson Calgary Librarian: professional; advocate; writer; children’s advocate

Flora MacLeod Edmonton UofA Librarian: builder; direct service to Albertans in the hinterland

Harvey Treleaven Yellowhead Trustee: advocate; educator

Joseph Forsyth Alberta Librarian: leader, professional; advocate; visionary

HeatherBelle Dowling Strathcona County Librarian: professional; advocate

E. E. Balantyne Edmonton Advocate: Provincial Secretary

E. A. (Ted) Wiltshire Alberta Librarian: first professional at provincial level for public library service

Mac Coleman Red Deer Librarian: builder

Bill Bale Parkland System Director and service development

Harold Dawe Red Deer Trustee: advocate and supporter

Edith Helton Three Hills Librarian and trustee: advocate; library system developer in Marigold area

Ethel Taylor Red Deer Trustee: advocate of library service

Lucille Dougherty High River Librarian and trustee: advocate; builder of library system in Marigold area

Gaye Ross Drumheller Trustee: advocate: builder of library system in Marigold area

Alma Webster Edmonton School and public library supporter

Laurence Wiedrick Edmonton Public and school library educator, assisted in establishment of School of Library Science

Lorne MacRae Calgary Librarian: professional: Intellectual Freedom advocate; school library advocate

Premier Rutherford Alberta Emissary that introduced the first Libraries Act February 23rd 1907 1st reading

Barbara Clubb Alberta Librarian: educator

William Ashbury Buchanan

Edmonton 1st Alberta Legislature Librarian: later Canadian Senator

Edith Gostick Edmonton Legislature Librarian before the war

Helen Skirrow Edmonton Trustee: advocate of public and school libraries

John Blue Edmonton First Legislature Librarian

Derek Hoskins Old Man area Trustee: library system supporter

Cecilia Evans East Coulee Trustee: advocate

Laurence Solomon Parkland First system director

Joyce McFarland MD of Pincher Creek

Trustee; advocate for service e to rural Albertans

Jean Luthy Canmore Librarian: professional; builder of local library service

Jean Wright Vermilion Trustee; advocate

Donna Dietrich Lomond Librarian: builder of library system in Chinook area

Nanko Dubbelboer Forty Mile County Trustee; builder of library system in Shortgrass area

Mrs. Shannon Sexsmith Librarian: builder of local library service

Hansa Thaleshvar Cold Lake Librarian: builder of local and system service

Jean Jackson Youngstown Librarian and trustee: builder of local and library system service

Dorothy Brownlee Stettler Librarian: builder of local library service

Alice Melnyk Two Hills Librarian: builder of local library service

Marilyn Corbett Edmonton Librarian: educator and technician developer at Grant MacEwan

Gary MacDonald Calgary Librarian: educator technician developer SAIT

Carrie Graham

Vulcan Trustee: advocate; champion of systems

Maureen Hall

Cold Lake area Trustee: advocate of library system service

Eileen Harris

Beaverlodge Librarian: builder of local library service

Compiled July 2006