About ACL: Officers and Team Members

2009-2010 Board of Directors

Officers

Position

Name

Organization

Term Expires
President Don Smeeton Eastern Mennonite University 2010
Vice-President Alice Ruleman University of Central Missouri 2011
Secretary Carrie Beth Lowe Johnson Bible College 2011
Treasurer Sheila O. Carlblom Indiana Wesleyan University 2010
Executive Director Janelle Mazelin    
Past President Linda Poston Nyack College 2010
 

Directors-at-Large

Position

Name

Organization

Term Expires
Rory Patterson Liberty University 2012
Frank Quinn Point Loma Nazarene University 2012
John Jaeger Dallas Baptist University 2010
JoAnn Rhodes Columbia International University 2010
Rodney Birch MidAmerica Nazarene University 2011
Tonya Fawcett Cedarville University 2011
 

Past Presidents

2008- Don Smeeton, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg VA
2004-2008 Linda Poston, Nyack College, Nyack NY
2000-2004 Steven L. Preston, Milligan College, Milligan TN
1998-2000 Sheila Carlblom, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion IN
1996-1998 Sheila Carlblom, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN
1994-1996 Stanford Terhune, Malone College, Canton, OH
1990-1994 Nancy J. Olson, Lincoln Christian College & Seminary, Lincoln, IL
1988-1990 William Abernathy, Ozark Christian College, Joplin, MO
1986-1988 David Wright, Bryan College, Dayton, TN
1985-1986 Clyde Root, North Central Bible College, Minneapolis, MN
1984-1985 Lois Luesing, Asbury College, Asbury, KY
1983-1984 Woodvall Moore, Evangel College, Springfield, MO
1982-1983 Clyde Root, Northwest Bible College, Minot, ND
1981-1982 Ron Jordahl, Prairie Bible Institute, Three Hills, AB
1980-1981 Delbert Gratz, Bluffton College, Bluffton, OH
1979-1980 Sarah Patterson, Tennessee Temple Schools, Chattanooga, TN
1978-1979 May Leo, Nyack College, Nyack, NY
1977-1978 Ruth Butler, Houghton College, Buffalo, NY
1976-1977 Richard Schock, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, IL
1975-1976 John Van Puffelen, Appalachian Bible Institute, Bradley, WV
1974-1975 Wayne Woodward, Asbury College, Wilmore, KY
1973-1974 Alberta Chaffe, Cedarville College, Cedarville, OH
1972-1973 David McClain, Baptist Bible College, Clarks Summit, PA
1971-1972 P. Paul Snezek, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
1970-1971 John A. Witmer, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX
1969-1970 Robert Suderman, Tabor College, Hillsboro, KS
1968-1969 Ora Ann Sprague, Roberts Wesleyan College, North Chili, NY
1967-1968 Orland Wages, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
1966-1967 Ruby Dare, Greenville College, Greenville, IL
1965-1966 Hilda Kroeker, Calvary Bible College, Kansas City, MO
1964-1965 Oral Collins, Berkshire Christian College, Lenox, MA
1963-1964 Lenice Reed, Howard College, Birmingham, AL
1962-1963 Dorothy Williams, Northwestern College, Minneapolis, MN
1961-1962 Dorothy Spidell, Nyack Missionary College, Nyack, NY
1960-1961 Elizabeth Dinning, Washington Bible College, Lanham, MD
1959-1960 Ivy Olson, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Awards Granted

The Emily Russel Award

The recipient of the Emily Russel Award is approved by the Board of Directors. Any of the following criteria may be used in selecting honorees:

  1. foreign service either to missionaries or in international libraries;
  2. special achievement in the librarian's own home community situation, church, or other special library;
  3. publication or contribution to library literature;
  4. innovative library initiatives;
  5. professional organizational activities.

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The recipient of this award receives:

  1. a plaque in recognition of outstanding contributions to Christian librarianship;
  2. a monetary gift as a token of appreciation for the contributions and services rendered to librarianship and/or the Association of Christian Librarians.

Past recipients of the Emily Russel Award are:

1974 Susan Schultz 1988 Nancy Dick
1975 Miriam Waggoner 1993 Lois Luesing
1976 Shirley Wood 1997 Eve Kiewitt
1978 Ora Ann Sprague 1997 Lois Lehman
1979 Dorothy Spidell 1999 Stephen P. Brown
1981 Ruth Butler 2000 Barbara K. Nelson
1984 Alberta Chaffe 2001 Ron Jordahl
1986 Ivy Olson 2009 Woodvall Moore

Life Membership

The recipient of a Life Membership is approved by the Board of Directors and at the time of their retirement receives a certificate in recognition of making significant contributions to the Association of Christian Librarians or to Christian librarianship. There are currently 21 Life Members.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Any member may nominate an individual for a Lifetime Achievement Award. A lifetime achievement award is given by the Board of Directors to retired members who have:

  1. been active ACL members at least ten of the previous fifteen years prior to the date of retirement,
    and
  2. who have made significant contributions to the Association,
    or
  3. whose contributions to the field of librarianship while a member have reflected well on the Association.

Significant contributions may include, but are not limited to, regularly contributing to the Association's publications for five or more years, or who have presented or led workshops or sessions at several of the Associations' annual conferences, serving in elected or appointed offices in the Association for five or more years.

This award consists of:

  1. a plaque in recognition of making significant contributions to the Association of Christian Librarians or to Christian librarianship;
  2. all benefits of full membership without the payment of dues for life.

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