Joseph W. Lippincott Award

About the Joseph W. Lippincott Award
An annual award consisting of $1,500 and a 24k gold-framed citation presented annually to a librarian for distinguished service to the profession of librarianship, such service to include outstanding participation in the activities of the professional library association, notable published professional writing, or other significant activity on behalf of the profession and its aims.

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NameTitleYear
Julius C. Jefferson Jr.Julius C. Jefferson Jr.2023 - Winner
Kenneth Yamashita2022 - Winner
Newlen Robert20212021 - Winner
Mary GhikasMary W. Ghikas2020 - Winner
Kathleen de la Peña McCookKathleen de la Peña McCook2019 - Winner
Sally Gardner ReedSally Reed2018 - Winner
Barbara K. StriplingBarbara Stripling2017 - Winner
Maureen SullivanMaureen Sullivan2016 - Winner
James G. (Jim) Nealneal2015 - Recipient
Maurice (Mitch) J. FreedmanMaurice (Mitch) Freedman2014 - Winner
Carla D. HaydenCarla D. Hayden2013 - Winner
Carla J. StoffleCarla J. Stoffle2012 - Winner
Dr. Camila Alire2011 - Winner
Thomas C. Phelps2010 - Winner
Beverly P. Lynch2009 - Winner
Duane Webster2008 - Winner
Winston Tabb2007 - Winner
Betty J. Turock2006 - Winner
Donald J. Sager2005 - Winner
Clifford A. Lynch2004 - Winner
Susan Kent2003 - Recipient
Ann K. Symons2002 - Recipient
Pat Schuman2001 - Recipient
John Y. Cole2000 - Recipient
Peggy Barber1999 - Recipient
Judith Krug1998 - Recipient
Richard Dougherty1997 - Recipient
F. William Summer1996 - Recipient
Norman Horrocks1995 - Recipient
Frank Kurt Cylke1994 - Recipient
John G. Lorenz1993 - Recipient
John N. Berry III1992 - Recipient
Peggy Sullivan1991 - Recipient
Alphonse F. Trezza1990 - Recipient
Robert Wedgeworth1989 - Recipient
Henriette D. Avram1988 - Recipient
Edward G. Holley1987 - Recipient
Elizabeth W. Stone1986 - Recipient
Robert G. Vosper1985 - Recipient
Nettie B. Taylor1984 - Recipient
Russell Bidlack1983 - Recipient
Keith Doms1982 - Recipient
Eric Moon1981 - Recipient
E.J. Josey1980 - Recipient
Helen H. Lyman1979 - Recipient
Henry T. Drennan1978 - Recipient
Virginia Lacy Jones1977 - Recipient
Lester Asheim1976 - Recipient
Leon Carnovsky1975 - Recipient
Jerrold Orne1974 - Recipient
Jesse H. Shera1973 - Recipient
Guy Lyle1972 - Recipient
William S. Dix1971 - Recipient
Paul Howard1970 - Recipient
Germaine Krettek1969 - Recipient
Lucile Nix1968 - Recipient
Edmon Low1967 - Recipient
Keyes DeWitt Metcalf1966 - Recipient
Frances Clarke Sayers1965 - Recipient
Robert Bingham Downs1964 - Recipient
Frances W. Henne1963 - Recipient
David H. Clift1962 - Recipient
Joseph L. Wheeler1961 - Recipient
Verner W. Clapp1960 - Recipient
Essae Martha Culver1959 - Recipient
Carleton B. Joeckel1958 - Recipient
Flora Belle Ludington1957 - Recipient
Ralph A. Ulveling1956 - Recipient
Emerson Greenaway1955 - Recipient
Marian C. Manley1953 - Recipient
Carl Vitz1952 - Recipient
Helen E. Haines1951 - Recipient
H.W. Wilson1950 - Recipient
Harry Miller Lydenberg1949 - Recipient
Carl H. Milam1948 - Recipient
No awards given1947 - No Awards Given
No awards given1946 - No Awards Given
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No awards given1940 - No Awards Given
Dr. Herbert Putnam1939 - Recipient
Mary U. Rothrock1938 - Recipient
Jennie M. Flexner1938 - Honorable Mention
Leon Carnovsky1938 - Honorable Mention
Paul Vanderbilt1938 - Honorable Mention
Nora Bateson1938 - Honorable Mention
Margaret Mann1938 - Honorable Mention