Life Membership Award

Recipients

Year	Recipient(s)
1972	Jessie Frederick, East Moline District Leader J.N. Hook, Urbana President, 1960-61 Editor, Illinois English Bulletin, 1949-59 Treasurer, 1961-64 Melba Wixom, Waukegan District Leader
1973	Armstrong, Rochelle District Leader W. Wilbur Hatfield, Chicago President, 1913-14 Dorothea Trump, Naperville
1974	Clarence Hach, Evanston District Leader President 1977-78
1975	Stanley Gritzbaugh, Rockford President, 1970-71 Catherine Hudson, Mt. Carmel District Leader
1976	John Heissler, Normal President, 1969-70 Roy Weshinskey, Carbondale President, 1962-63
1977	Paul Jacobs, Urbana President, 1971-72 Executive Secretary, 1978-84 Special Projects Chair, 1967
1978	Wilmer Lamar, Decatur and Urbana President, 1953-54 Co-editor/Editor, Illinois English Bulletin, 1954-74 Executive Secretary, 1967-78
1979	Margaret Ann Cummings, Mt. Vernon President, 1961-62 Mary Ellen Poorman, Mattoon District Leader
1980	Mary Brinkmann, Glen Ellyn District Leader President, 1973-74 Honorary Awards Committee Chair, 1980-84 Margaret Crowe, Carbondale District Leader President, 1975-76 Glen Rittmueller, Hillside President, 1974-75
1981	Addie Hochstrasser, Paris President, 1950-51 Taimi Ranta, Normal Articulation/Intellectual Freedom Committee Honorary Awards Committee Chair Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Representative Normal Stewart, Decatur District Leader President, 1976-77
1982	Jeanne Claeys, Rockford District Leader Secretary, 1969-71 Eldonna Everts Elementary English Committee Chair Illinois Alliance for the Arts Education Tom Kent, Peoria President, 1988-89 District Leader Local Arrangements Chair, 1972-73, 1981
1983	Glenn Grever, Normal President, 1978-79 Illinois Curriculum Council Representative
1984	Mary Sasse, Carbondale District Leader President, 1980-81 Legislative Liaison Committee Representative
1985	Raymond Hollmann, O'Fallon District Leader President, 1972-73
1986	Dorothy Matthews, Urbana Treasurer, 1970-74 Editor, Illinois English Bulletin, 1975-87
1987	Beth Stiffler, Macomb District Leader President, 1985-86 Secretary, 1975-77
1988	Mildred Largent, Carbondale District Leader Honorary Awards Committee
1989	Marti Swanson, Fox Lake District Leader Secretary, 1977-79
1990	David Briggs, LaGrange Program Committee Local Arrangements Committee
1991	Lee Mulcrone, Hoffman Estates District Leader President, 1979-80 Illinois Curriculum Council Committee
1992	Robert Workman, Evanston District Leader Audit Committee Chair Local Arrangements Committee Chair, 1990
1993	Rachel B. Faries District Leader President, 1984-85 Honorary Awards Committee Chair, 1987-97
1994	Lydia Martin, Roxana District Leader Local Arrangements Committee Chair, 1985 Honorary Awards Committee
1995	Ken Holmes, East St. Louis District Leader President, 1987-88 Honorary Awards Committee
1996	James Stottlar, Urbana Executive Secretary, 1986-96
1997	Kay Jacob, Romeoville District Leader President, 1989-90 Honorary Awards Committee Chair, 1985-86
1998	Sue Howell President, 1991-92 S.L.A.T.E. Representative Publications Committee
1999	Jan Neuleib, Normal President, 1990-91 Exectutive Secretary, 2000-present
2000	Wendell Schwartz, Lincolnshire President, 1994-95 Treasurer
2001	Kay Parker President, 1993-94
2002	Donna Blackall, Palatine
2003	George Shea President, 1995-96
2004	Jean Wallace President, 2000-01
2005	Mary Lou Flemal President, 2003-04
2006	Herb Ramlose Treasurer
2007	Richard Pommier Secretary
2008	Claire Lamonica President, 2005-06 Newsletter Editor
2010	Barb Fuson Convention Site Coordinator