Past Presidents
Plans for the organization (CLA) were made on February 23, 1891 at the "new" public library in New Haven. The first regular meeting was held in the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford in May 1891. The membership numbered 66. There were then 25 public libraries in the State. Connecticut was the fifth state for form a library association in response to the urging of the American Library Association. The first president of the Association was Professor Addison Van Name of New Haven, from 1891 - 1892.
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1970: Nolan Lushington • Library Consultant 1971: Dr. Evelyn Robinson • Retired 1972: Grace Birch • Retired 1973: Denis Lorenz • West Hartford 1974: Marie Yanarella • Deceased 1975: Elizabeth Mainiero • Library Consultant 1976: Dency Sargent • CRLC 1977: Virginia Dowell • Deceased 1978: Peggy Wargo • Fairfield/Retired 1979: Jody Newmyer • ECSU/Retired. 1980: Nancy Kline • Storrs/Retired. 1981: Vincent Juliano • Retired 1982: Leslie Burger • Princeton, NJ 1983: Mary Etter • South Windsor 1984: Michael Simonds • Bibliomation 1985: Betsy Bray • Rocky Hill 1986: Elizabeth Kirkpatrick • Wethersfield 1987: Susan Bullock • Simsbury 1988: Virginia Vocelli • Avon 1989: Laura Kahkonen • Windsor 1990: Arlene Bielefield • SCSU 1991: Marcia Trotta • Meriden 1992: Peter Chase • Plainville 1993: Sandy Ruoff • Guilford |
1994: Janet Vaill Day • Woodbridge 1995: Maxine Bleiweis • Westport 1996: Barbara Gibson • Farmington/Retired 1997: Robert Simon • Monroe 1998: Michael Moran • Asnuntuck CC 1999: Michael Golrick • Bridgeport 2000: Jay Johnston • Southington 2001: Mary Engels • CT State Library 2002: Karen McNulty • Avon 2003: Les Kozerowitz • Norwalk 2004: Chrstine Bradley • CLC 2005: Alice Knapp • Stamford 2006: Barbara Bailey • Glastonbury 2007: Carl Antonucci, Jr. • Capital CC, Hartford 2008: Kathy Leeds • Wilton Library Association 2009: Randi Ashton-Pritting • University of Hartford Libraries 2010: Debbie Herman • Central Connecticut State University 2011: Betty Anne Reiter • Groton Public Library 2012: Carl DeMilia • New Milford Public Library 2013: Richard Conroy • Essex Library Association 2014: Dawn LaValle • CT State Library 2015: Beth Crowley • Scranton Memorial Library 2016: Karen Jensen, Blackstone Memorial Library 2017: Glenn Grube, Avon Free Public Library |
