Founders & Presidents

Founders and Presidents of the New England School Library Association
Date
Name
State
1918-19

Martha Pritchard

State Normal School, Bridgewater

 MA
1919-20

Judy R. Donnelly

Director, School of Library Science

Simmons College, Boston

 MA
1921-22

Mary H. Davis

Brookline High School, Brookline

 MA

Presidents of the New England School Library Association
1923-24

Elizabeth Furst

Librarian, Parlin Memorial Library, Everett

 MA
1924-25

Margaret Kneil

Hartford

 CT
1926-27

Bertha V. Hartsell

Dana Hall School, Wellesley

MA
1928-29

Susan James

Brookline

 MA
1930-31

Dorothy Hopkins

Abbott Academy, Andover

 MA
1932

Lucy Bell

State Normal School, Salem

 MA
1933-34

Jane Thurman

New Bedford High School, New Bedford

 MA
1935

Frances L. Cox

State Normal School, New Haven

 CT
1936-38

Mary R. Lucas

Supt. of Young People’s Reading

Providence Public Library, Providence

 RI
1939-40

Edith Coulman

High School, Quincy

 MA
1941-42

Rheta Clark

Lyman High School, Wallingford

 CT
1943-44

Edna Ballard

State Teachers College, New Haven

 CT
1945

Caroline R. Siebens

Brookline High School, Brookline

 MA
1946-47

Stella Morse

Northfield School for Girls

 MA
1948-50

Virginia Fooks

Providence Public Library, Providence

 RI
1951-52

Ruth Hennig

Girls High School, Boston

 MA
1953-54

Mary Bair

Central Junior High School, Quincy

 MA
1955-56

Dorothy Annable

High School, Salem

 MA
1957-58

Katherine W. Trickey

High School, Swampscott

 MA
1959-60

Janice Byington

Burlington

 VT
1961-62

Edith Dahlgren

Samuel Gorton Junior High School

Warwick

 RI
1963-64

Mary Elizabeth Baker

Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge

 CT
1965

Philip Northway

Danvers

 MA
1966-67

Catherine Jones

Lincoln

 MA
1967-68

Frances Lombard

High School, Portland

 ME
1968-69

Virginia Dooley

Lyman Hall School, Wallingford

 CT
1969-70 Dolores Burkhardt
1970-71 Pauline Cole
1971-72 Lavinia Murphy (O’Connor) MA
1972-73 Helen Colby NH
1973-74

Patricia E. Jensen

Dr. Loraine E. Tolman

CT

MA

Presidents of the New England Educational Media Association
1974-75 Loraine E. Tolman MA
1975-76 Joseph F. Giorgio CT
1976-77 Patricia E. Jensen CT
1977-78 Bruce L. MacDuffie MA
1978-79 Charles W. Adams MA
1979-80 Robert G. Hale, Sr. CT
1980-81 Audrey J. Friend MA
1981-82 Lilias F. Cingolani MA
1982-83 Bernice L. Yesner CT
1983-84 Jean D. Battey VT
1984-85 Dorothy A. Gregory ME
1985-86 Judith Lyons Beagle
1986-87 James S. Weigel CT
1987-88 Marion S. Dubrawski MA
1988-89 Altheia M. Fischer NH
1989-90 Loretta T. Staples NH
1990-91 Charles W. White CT
1991-92 Dorothy Natoli MA
1992-93 Harriet Lapointe RI
1993-94 Harriet Lapointe RI
1994-95 Susan Ballard NH
1995-96 Dorothy Grazier NH
1996-97 Carolyn Marcato CT
1997-98 Susan Snider NH
1998-99 Susan Snider NH
1999-00 Dr. Carolyn A. Markuson MA
2000-01 Jeanette Lizotte NH
2001-02 Sylvia K. Norton ME
2002-03 Dr. Mary Frances Zilonis MA
2003-04 Irene Kwidzinski CT
2004-05 Dr. Carol A. Gordon MA
2005-06 Dr. Carolyn A. Markuson MA
2006-07 Jenifer O’Connor (Smolnik) CT
2007-08 Susan D. Ballard NH

Presidents of the New England School Library Association
2008-09 Merlyn K. Miller VT