Life Membership
To be considered for life membership, one must have been a member of SWALL for at least five years and be retired from active library work. A candidate may be elected at any regular meeting by a vote of two-thirds of those present (See SWALL Bylaws I.1d.).
The following SWALL members have been awarded life membership:
1972 – Hazel Anderson, Helen Hargrave, Marie Russell, Mabel Smith, Nell Yeargin
1973 – Katherine Baze, Ruth Crozier
1974 – Jean Ashman
1975 – Hibernia Turbeville
1976 – Dwain Gay
1977 – Jewell Chester
1979 – U.V. Jones, Wilma Thrash
1980 – Ruth Lindsey, Dorothy Warden
1985 – Guido Olivera, Dorothea Warren
1986-87 – Ruth H. Brunson, June Haggin (Sanford)
1988 – Jack Blume, Earl Borgeson, Al Coco, Kate Mara
1990 – Oscar Miller
1991 – Mortimer Schwartz
1992 – Jane Olm
1993 – Della Geyer
1994 – D.A. Divilbiss
1998 – Oragene Addis, Susan D. Csaky
2000 – Carolie Mullan, Eileen H. Searls
2006 – A. Michael Beaird
2009 – Violanda B. Fabugais, Lorraine Lester, Elizabeth K. Schneider
2012 – Sharon Blackburn, John Eichstadt, Sally Langston, Judy McCullough
2019 – Victoria K. Trotta