Awards Recipients
Honorary Life Membership
Pat Williams Intellectual Freedom
Interest Group Excellence
Librarian of the Year
Library of the Year
Media Award
School Administrator of the Year
Special Friend to Libraries
Trustee of the Year
Legislator of the Year
Cates Scholarship
Outstanding Support Staff
Other Awards
Honorary Life Membership
| 2012 |
Darlene Staffeldt |
Helena |
| 2011 |
Peggy Smith |
Billings |
| 2010 |
Jane Howell |
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| 2008 |
Andrine Haas |
Glendive |
| 2007 |
Deanna King |
Columbus |
| 2005 |
Karen Strege |
Helena |
| 2003 |
Dennis Richards |
Missoula |
| 2002 |
Mary Bushing |
Bozeman |
| 2001 |
Debbie Schlesinger |
Helena |
| 2000 |
Shirlee B. Smith |
Havre |
| 1997 |
Susan Nissen Lerdal |
Butte |
| 1996 |
Delores Drennen |
Miles City |
| 1995 |
Al Randall |
Libby |
| 1988 |
E. Al Blockey |
Bozeman |
| 1988 |
Edna Berg |
Bozeman |
| 1988 |
Glenda Bell |
Billings |
| 1987 |
Katherine Schaefer |
Missoula |
| 1986 |
Alene Cooper |
Helena |
| 1985 |
Muriel Cooksey |
Miles City |
| 1983 |
Mary Schmiedskamp |
Billings |
| 1983 |
Virginia Schulte |
Glendive |
| 1982 |
Alma Jacobs |
Helena |
| 1982 |
Douglas Mills |
Missoula |
| 1980 |
Beatrice Eigher |
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| 1980 |
Helen Anderson |
Fort Benton |
| 1978 |
Adeline Midgett |
Missoula |
| 1978 |
Kay Griffith |
Missoula |
| 1978 |
Lucille Anderson |
Hamilton |
| 1978 |
Mabel Brewer |
Kalispell |
| 1978 |
Marie MacDonald |
Glendive |
| 1977 |
Doris Mart |
Jordan |
| 1975 |
Virginia Weisel Johnson |
Missoula |
| 1970 |
Elizabeth Pittman |
Lewistown |
| 1970 |
Mable Engelter |
Whitefish |
| 1970 |
Perl Coombs |
Glendive |
| 1969 |
Lesley Muriel Heathcote |
Missoula |
Intellectual Freedom Award
| 1995 |
Representative Deb Kottel |
Great Falls |
| 1995 |
Representative John Bollinger |
Billings |
| 1995 |
Senator Mike Halligan |
Missoula |
| 1994 |
Debbie Denzer |
Kalispell |
| 1993 |
Lewis and Clark Library Board of Trustees, (Wendy Wheeler, Chair, Mary Sheehy Moe, Bernard Grainey, Sue O'Connell, Bob Cooper) |
Helena |
| 1991 |
Representative Pat Williams |
Washington, D.C. |
| 1984 |
Janis Bruwelheide, |
Bozeman |
Pat Williams Intellectual Freedom Award (Name change in 1996)
| 2012 |
Amy Collins |
Geraldine |
| 2011 |
Niki Whearty |
Helena |
| 2009 |
Judy Hart and the Lewis and Clark Library Board of Directors |
Helena |
| 2008 |
Diane Thompson |
Boulder |
| 2007 |
Johanna Freivalds |
Billings |
| 2006 |
Jim Eliott (Senate District 7 - Democrat) |
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| 2006 |
Jim Shockley (Senate District 45 - Republican) |
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| 2006 |
Governor Brian Schweitzer |
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| 2005 |
Helena School District No. 1 |
Helena |
| 2004 |
Helena Education Foundation |
Helena |
| 2003 |
Suzanne Goodman |
Livingston |
| 2001 |
Bozeman High School |
Bozeman |
| 2001 |
Great Falls High School |
Great Falls |
| 1997 |
John Frohnmayer |
Bozeman |
| 1996 |
Jim Heckel |
Great Falls |
Interest Group Excellence Award
| 2005 |
OFFLINE |
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| 2004 |
Paraprofessional Interest Group |
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| 1993 |
Marianne Farr - Interlibrary Loan Interest Group |
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Librarian of the Year Award
| 1993 |
Sheila Cates |
Helena |
| 1992 |
Greta Chapman |
Libby |
| 1969 |
Lesley Heathcote
(presented by the National Library Week Committee for Montana) |
Missoula |
| 1968 |
Alma Jacobs
(presented by the National Library Week Committee for Montana) |
Great Falls |
Sheila Cates Award for Librarian of the Year
| 2012 |
Renee Goss |
Sidney-Richland |
| 2011 |
Marilyn Trosper |
North Lake County |
| 2010 |
Alice Meister |
Bozeman |
| 2009 |
Vaun Stevens |
Missoula |
| 2008 |
Sue Jackson |
Helena |
| 2007 |
Norma Glock |
Columbus |
| 2006 |
Gloria Curdy |
Missoula |
| 2005 |
Carole Monlux |
Missoula |
| 2004 |
Gene Marie Robson |
Billings |
| 2003 |
Al Randall |
Libby |
| 2002 |
Bette Ammon |
Missoula |
| 2001 |
Mary Bushing |
Bozeman |
| 2000 |
Karen Driessen |
Missoula |
| 1999 |
Darlene Staffeldt |
Helena |
| 1998 |
Bill Cochran |
Billings |
| 1997 |
Vicki Terbovich |
Helena |
| 1996 |
Brandy Howey |
Hinsdale |
| 1995 |
Bruce Newell |
Helena |
| 1994 |
Bonnie Williamson |
Havre |
Library of the Year Award
| 2012 |
Sidney-Richland County Library |
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| 2011 |
Belgrade Community Library |
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| 2006 |
Partner Libraries: Missoula Public Library, Flathead County Library System, Hearst Free Library, Bitterroot Public Library, Drummond School/Community Library, and Polson City Library. |
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| 2005 |
Darby Community Public Library |
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| 2003 |
Montana State University - Bozeman, Bozeman |
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| 2002 |
Thompson Falls Public Library |
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| 2001 |
Montana State Law Library |
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| 1999 |
RiCoNet Consortium, Richland County |
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| 1998 |
Havre-Hill County Library, Havre |
(Bonnie Williamson, Director) |
| 1997 |
Lucy Carson Library at Western Montana College of the University of Montana, Dillon |
(Michael Schulz, Director) |
| 1996 |
Broadwater School and Community Library, Townsend |
(Cindy Hangas, Director) |
| 1994 |
Parmly Billings Library |
(Bill Cochran, Director) |
| 1993 |
Missoula Public Library |
(David Pauli, Director) |
| 1992 |
Lewistown Public Library |
(Florence Kettering, Director) |
Media Award
| 2012 |
Sara Groves, Montana State Library |
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| 2008 |
Montana's Box Babes Calendar, Lisa Mecklenberg-Jackson and models |
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| 2007 |
Jim Dullenty |
Lewistown |
| 2006 |
State and national promotional campaign, "What's Your Story? Find It At the Library.": Montana State Library's Marketing Coordinator, Sara Groves; the Q Group; The Montana Library Association; Mountain West Bank; AARP; The Institute of Museum and Library Services, a Library Services and Technology Act Grant; and the National Library of Medicine |
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| 2004 |
Missoula Reads |
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| 2003 |
Marcia Dunn |
Missoula |
| 2002 |
Cherie Heser |
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| 2002 |
Nancy Brennan |
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| 1995 |
Missoula Public Library |
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| 1995 |
Parmly Billings Library |
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School Administrator of the Year Award
| 2011 |
Bob Whalen |
Billings |
| 2010 |
Eileen Johnson |
Lockwood |
| 2006 |
Dr. Peggy Anderson |
Frenchtown |
| 2005 |
Dennis Parman |
Havre |
| 2004 |
Bob Gutzman |
Bozeman |
| 2002 |
Michael Bowman |
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| 2001 |
Rhonda M. Boyd |
Billings Schoold District #2 |
| 1997 |
Ken Stuker |
Helena High School |
| 1996 |
Bill Olson |
Libby Public Schools |
| 1995 |
Dave Sharstrom |
Lewistown |
| 1994 |
Robert Klein and Bruce Thomas |
Clancy |
| 1993 |
David Parker |
Bonner |
| 1992 |
John Morris |
Whitefish |
| 1991 |
Joseph Stauduhar |
Missoula |
| 1990 |
William Cooper |
Kalispell |
| 1989 |
Gary Rogers |
Billings |
| 1988 |
Don Wetzel |
Corvallis |
| 1986 |
Bill Vogt |
Kalispell |
| 1985 |
William Donahue |
Superior |
| 1984 |
Pete Carparelli |
Helena |
| 1983 |
Tim Sullivan |
Butte |
| 1982 |
Jean Miller Hagan |
Red Lodge |
| 1981 |
John Johnson |
Glendive |
| 1980 |
Geneva Van Horne |
Missoula |
| 1979 |
John Dracon |
Billings |
| 1978 |
Bernard Hartman |
Helena |
| 1977 |
Peggy Gadbow |
Missoula |
| 1976 |
Richard Rate |
Fort Benton |
| 1975 |
Kenneth Swenson |
Bozeman |
| 1974 |
Michael F. O'Leary |
Anaconda |
| 1973 |
Peter C. Bakken |
Glendive |
| 1972 |
A. G. Erickson |
Helena |
| 1971 |
Hiney P. Lund |
Bozeman |
| 1969 |
Noel Rigby |
Billings |
| 1968 |
William J. Hoppes |
Inverness |
| 1967 |
Leonard A. Wollan |
Laurel |
| 1966 |
C. Robert Engebretson |
Libby |
Special Friend to Libraries Award
| 2012 |
Ellen Rae Thiel |
Boulder |
| 2010 |
Dorothy (Dot) Gallager |
Stillwater County Library |
| 2010 |
Doug Kramer |
Three Forks Community Library |
| 2008 |
Humanities Montana - Mark Sherouse, Executive Director |
Helena |
| 2008 |
Ted Almgren |
Darby Community Library |
| 2007 |
Julie Enman |
Drummond |
| 2006 |
Beverly Helrich |
Stevensville |
| 2005 |
Kathleen Ralph |
Stillwater County Library |
| 2004 |
Chrysti Smith |
Bozeman |
| 2003 |
Marsha Dunn |
Missoula |
| 2002 |
Laura Newman |
Butte |
| 2001 |
Mary Hadspeth |
Libby |
| 2000 |
Billie Haag |
Glendive Public Library |
| 2000 |
Abe Abramson |
Missoula Public Library |
| 2000 |
Forsyth Woman's Club |
Forsyth |
| 1997 |
Jon Willette |
Billings |
| 1997 |
Barbara VaDePete |
Havre |
| 1996 |
Bob Cooper |
Helena |
| 1996 |
Ed Mahlum & Greg Maroney |
Kalispell |
| 1996 |
U.S. Representative Pat Williams |
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| 1995 |
Wendy's of Montana (Sam E. McDonald, Jr. Family) |
Billings |
| 1995 |
Linda Halstead-Acharya |
Columbus |
| 1994 |
Montana Power Company |
Butte |
| 1994 |
Senator Henry McClernan |
Butte |
| 1993 |
Fred Dion |
Glendive |
| 1993 |
Alberta Bair |
White Sulphur Springs |
| 1991 |
Royal Johnson |
Billings |
| 1988 |
Connie Voth |
Ronan |
| 1988 |
Peggy Munoz |
Hamilton |
| 1985 |
Lawrence McCarthy |
Plains |
Trustee of the Year Award
| 2011 |
Albert Martens |
Rosebud |
| 2010 |
Chrysti Smith |
Belgrade |
| 2008 |
Lloyd Mickelson |
Billings |
| 2007 |
Tom Heyes |
West Yellowstone |
| 2006 |
Jerry (J.B.) Bancroft |
Bozeman |
| 2005 |
Janel Tindall |
Belgrade |
| 2004 |
Brenda Davis |
Bozeman |
| 2001 |
Ron Farmer |
Bozeman |
| 1999 |
Jo Alice Juedeman |
Geraldine |
| 1998 |
Eleanor Gray |
Miles City |
| 1997 |
Stephen C. Owens |
Deer Lodge |
| 1997 |
William T. Paull |
Deer Lodge |
| 1993 |
Ann Boettcher |
Big Sandy |
| 1992 |
Jim Nybo |
Helena |
| 1991 |
George James |
Libby |
| 1990 |
Janet Stevenson |
Hardin |
| 1989 |
Eugenia Williams |
Laurel |
| 1988 |
Lawrence Johnson |
Hamilton |
| 1987 |
Betty Fleschig |
Havre |
| 1985 |
Lawrence Maxwell |
Butte |
| 1984 |
Jean Koppang |
Great Falls |
| 1983 |
Esther Leibrand Ames |
Scobey |
| 1982 |
Virginia Manix |
Augusta |
| 1981 |
Sylvia Johnson |
Lewistown |
| 1980 |
Henry McClernan |
Butte |
| 1979 |
John Parker |
Bozeman |
| 1978 |
Mrs. Claude Jones |
Miles City |
| 1977 |
John Tangmoe |
Glendive |
| 1976 |
John Stephens |
Chinook |
| 1975 |
Glenda Bell |
Bridger |
| 1973 |
Jean R. Robinson |
Missoula |
| 1973 |
Marjorie W. King |
Winnett |
| 1970 |
Dorothy Floerchinger |
Conrad |
| 1969 |
William Henry Bertsche |
Great Falls |
| 1968 |
Mrs. H. D. Harlowe |
Miles City |
| 1967 |
Don Gibson |
Glendive |
| 1966 |
Mrs. C. G. Johnson |
Plains |
| 1965 |
Mrs. R. D. Warden |
Great Falls |
Legislator of the Year Award
| 1999 |
Shiell Anderson |
Livingston |
| 1997 |
Linda McCulloch |
Missoula |
| 1997 |
Ray Peck |
Havre |
Cates Scholarship Awards
| 1998 |
Anita Scheetz |
Sidney |
| 1996 |
Gene Marie Robson |
Billings |
| 1995 |
Gail Wilkerson |
Billings |
Outstanding Support Staff
| 2012 |
Linda Steffas |
Whitehall |
| 2011 |
Amy Ling |
North Valley |
Other Awards
| 2012 |
Lynn McKinney |
School Library Media Award |
| 2007 |
Brian Close |
Intellectual Freedom Award of Appreciation |
| 2005 |
Dale Alger - Montana Heritage Project |
Distinguished Librarian of the Year |
| 1999 |
Lois Fitzpatrick - Helena |
Special Recognition |
| 1999 |
John Thomas - Helena |
Special Recognition |
| 1999 |
Dee Ann Redman - Billings |
Special Recognition |
| 1994 |
Mary Lyn Reitz - Great Falls |
School Librarian of the Year |
| 1987 |
Inez Herrig - Libby |
Distinguished Service Award |
| 1986 |
Peggy Gadbow - Missoula |
Certificate of Appreciation |
| 1980 |
Millie Sullivan |
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| 1980 |
Alve Thomas |
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| 1978 |
Rita Nelson |
Exemplary Service |
| 1977 |
Doris Wilson |
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| 1972 |
Delores Colburg |
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| 1968 |
Harriet Evelyn Miller - Helena |
Distinguished Library Service Award |
