Local Library Champion Award Recipients

2026 - Lu Ann Stanley, Wright Memorial Public Library
2025 - Barry Romich, Wayne County Public Library
2023 - Marilyn Donahue, Licking County Library

Previous Award Recipients

Trustee of the Year
2001 - Harold B. Cooper
1999 - Harold V. Felton
1998 - Ian Haberman
1997 - Amos J. Loveday
1996 - JoAnn Vance
1995 - David C. Miller
1994 - Robert F. Sullivan
1993 - Dr. William D. Baker
1992 - James R. Kimmel
1991 - Richard Danford
1990 - Ralph L. Moore
1989 - Bonnie J. Cordell
1988 - Alice Wilson
1986 - Easter Straker
1985 - James B. Stubbins
1984 - Dennis G. Fedor
1982 - Mrs. Avis Cullen
1981 - John T. Nolan, Jr.
1980 - Raymond Gaier
1979 - L. Eugene Byers, DVM
1978 - Guion Osborn
1977 - Florence Gault
1976 - Lee C. Howley, Jr.
1975 - Brooks W. MacCracken
1974 - Emelyne Ely Reed
1973 - Raymond R. Brown
1972 - Thomas H. Anderson
1971 - Mrs. Jean Coleman
1970 - Charles E. Blakeslee
1969 - Arthur W. Marr
1968 - Mrs. Leland Spore
1967 - Mrs. George Harding III, Clarence D. Steffy
1966 - Joseph E. Hurst
1965 - Mrs. Dorothy Smucker
1963 - George W. Coen
1962 - Bernice A. Warner
1961 - William F. Maag
1959 - Ina Warner Broeman, Jacob A. Meckstroth, George W. Murdock
1958 - Aubrey Billings, Ethel G. Swanbeck, Dr. Walter A. Zaugg
1957 - H. William Lilley
1956 - Clyde C. Henderson, George Wiseman, MD
1954 - Mrs. Leonard Church
1953 - Robert J. Brown, Mrs. Karl B. Hoke
1952 - Mrs. Agnes Hirsch, J. S. Masson
1951 - Arthur W. Fiske, Fred M. Fuller
1950 - Rebecca F. Gayton, Ella G. Lupton, MD
1948 - E. A. McCuskey, Jessie J. Smith
1947 - A. E. Gower, J.E. Argetsinger
1946 - Bertha Trebein Flynn, H.M. Jacobs
1945 - Mrs. Max Hellman, Mrs. R.P. Parkhurst
1942 - Elsie Bennett Wilson, James J. Weadock, Jr.

Trustee Award of Achievement
1976 - Troy-Miami County Public Library
1977 - Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County
1978 - Summit County Trustee Council
1979 - Minerva Public Library
1980 - Fairfield County District Library
1981 - East Cleveland Public Library
1982 - Loudonville Public LibraryLibrary
1983 - Burton Public Library
1984 - Lorain Public Library
1985 - Community Public Library, St. Marys
1986 - Geauga County Public Library
1987 - Flesh Public Library
1988 - Portage County District Library
1990 - Washington County Public Library
1991 - Pickaway County District Library
1992 - Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County Library
1993 - Clermont County Public Library
1994 - Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library

Trustee/Board of Trustees Award of Achievement
2022 - Robert Jenkins
2021 - Dr. Garalynn Tomas
2019 - Barbara Denison
2018 - Michael W. Kilbourne
2017 - Thomas R. Uhler
2016 - Benjamin Chinni
2015 - Kathleen Hickey Green
2014 - Bob Plantz
2013 - William Shkurti
2011 - William J. Moran
2009 - Gregory Clifford, Esq., Louis Dudek
2007 - Patricia T. Holter
2005 - Doris Lawler
2004 - Charlotte Kessler
2003 - Queen Lester

Hall of Fame Trustee
1992 - Robert Jenkins
1989 - Frank W. Steere, Jr.
1983 - Emelyne Ely Reed
1980 - Brooks W. MacCracken
1977 - Arthur W. Marr
1976 - Jean M. Coleman
1972 - George W. Coen
1971 - James J. Weadock, Jr.
1970 - Elsie Bennett Wilson

Ohio Friends of the Library Recognition Award
2021 - Friends of Medina County District Library
2018 - Friends of the Delaware County District Library
2016 - Friends of Washington-Centerville Public Library
2015 - Friends of the Cooper Community Library, Paulding County Carnegie Library System
2014 - Lake Community Friends of the Library, Stark County District Library
2012-13 - Friends of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
2011 - Friends of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Friends of the Loudonville Public Library
2009 - Friends of Shaker Library
2007 - Friends of Tuscarawas County Public Library
2005 - Friends of the Athens Public Library
2004 - Friends of the Burton Public Library
2003 - Friends of the Pickerington Public Library
2001 - Friends of the Avon Library, Friends of the Brecksville Library (Cuyahoga County Public Library), Friends of the Stow-Munroe Falls Library
2000 - Friends of Main Library (Akron-Summit County Public Library)
1999 - Friends of Elyria Public Library
1998 - Friends of Milton-Union Public Library, Friends of Scio Branch (Puskarich Public Library), Friends of Lorain Public Library, Friends of Avon Lake Public Library
1997 - Friends of Avon Branch (Lorain Public Library), Friends of Stryker Branch (Williams County Public Library)
1996 - Friends of South Branch (Muskingum County Public Library)
1995 - Friends of Columbus Metropolitan Library, Friends of Porter Public Library
1994 - Friends of Cleveland Public Library, Friends of Stark County Public Library, Friends of Worthington Public Library, Friends of Pickerington Public Library, Friends of Columbia Branch (Lorain Public Library)
1993 - Friends of Muskingum County Library System, Friends of Geauga West Branch (Geauga County Public Library), Friends of Chardon Branch (Geauga County Public Library), Friends of Tipp City Public Library
1992 - Friends of Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Friends of Findlay-Hancock County Public Library, Friends of Portage Lakes Branch (Akron-Summit County Public Library)
1991 - Friends of Lakewood Public Library, Friends of Columbiana Public Library
1990 - Friends of Beachwood Library, Friends of West Union Branch (Ohio Valley District Free Library)
1989 - Friends of Herrick Memorial Library, Friends of Middletown Public Library
1988 - Friends of Kirtland Public Library
1987 - Friends of the North Canton Public Library, Friends of the Sylvania Branch (Toledo Lucas County Public Library)