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Established in 1978, the $3,000 award recognizes an individual member of the library profession who has, over a significant period of time, made an outstanding national contribution to school librarianship and school library development. Nominations must be made by AASL personal members.
| 2008 | Nancy P. Zimmerman |
| 2007 | no award given |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Michael Eisenberg |
| 2005 | Rebecca Bingham |
| 2004 | M. Ellen Jay |
| 2003 | no award given |
| 2002 | David Loerstcher |
| 2001 | Hilda L. Jay |
| 2000 | Carol Colier Kuhlthau |
| 1999 | Jaqueline C. Mancall |
| 1998 | Bernice L. Yesner |
| 1997 | Blanche E. Woolls |
| 1996 | Ken Haycock |
| 1995 | Judith M. Pitts |
| 1994 | Lucille Cole Thomas |
| 1993 | Marilyn L. Miller |
| 1992 | Dianne McAfee Hopkins |
| 1991 | Barbara Spriesterbach |
| 1990 | Ruth Bell |
| 1989 | Virgina H. Mathews |
| 1988 | Margaret I. Rufsvold |
| 1987 | Alice Lohrer |
| 1986 | Margaret Hayes Grazier |
| 1985 | Frances S. Hatfield |
| 1984 | Rheta A. Clark |
| 1983 | Rachel Wingfield DeAngelo |
| 1982 | D. Phillip Baker |
| 1981 | Mary Helen Mahar |
| 1980 | Mary V. Gaver |
| 1979 | Frances E. Henne |
| 1978 | Jean E. Lowrie |
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