List of presidents of the American Library Association

The American Library Association, founded in 1876 and chartered in 1879, is the largest professional organization for librarians in the United States. The headquarters of the American Library Association is in Chicago, Illinois.

Table of ALA presidents

ImageNameYears servedOther ALA postsOther accomplishments
Justin Winsor1876–1885 Also served as president July–Oct. 1897.President of the American Historical Association, 1887.
William Frederick Poole1885–1887 President of the American Historical Association, 1888.
Charles Ammi Cutter1887–1889
Frederick Morgan Crunden1889–1890
Melvil Dewey1890–July 1891 Also served as president 1892-1893; Served as treasurer, 1876-1877 and 1880-1881; Served as secretary 1879-1890 and 1897-1898.Developer of the Dewey Decimal System.
Samuel Swett GreenJuly–Nov. 1891
Klas August Linderfelt October 16, 1891 – May 22, 1892 Councilor 1883-1891, vice president 1890-1891. Resigned following his arrest for embezzling from the Milwaukee Public Library and the executive board voted Fletcher the new president, retroactive to the beginning of the term. To this day, Linderfelt is absent from official ALA lists of its past presidents.[1][2] First librarian of the Milwaukee Public Library, 1880-1892
William Isaac FletcherMay 22, 1892 – 1892
Melvil Dewey1892–1893 See above.
Josephus Nelson Larned1893–1894
Henry Munson Utley1894–1895
John Cotton Dana1895–1896
William Howard Brett1896–1897
Justin WinsorJuly–Oct. 1897 See above.
Rutherford P. Hayes Oct. 1897-Jan. 1898 Vice-President Hayes (son of US President Rutherford B. Hayes) assumed the office of Acting President upon the death of Winsor without election by the executive board, despite the fact that it was unclear whether or not the ALA constitution allowed this. Putnam was elected President following a special election.[3]
Herbert PutnamJan.–Aug. 1898 Also served as president 1903–1904.Librarian of Congress, 1899-1939.
William Coolidge Lane1898–1899
Reuben Gold Thwaites1899–1900
Henry James Carr1900–1901 Also served as treasurer, 1886-1893; Served as secretary 1898-1900.
John Shaw Billings1901–1902
James Kendall Hosmer1902–1903
Herbert Putnam1903–1904 See above.
Ernest Cushing Richardson1904–1905
Frank Pierce Hill1905–1906 Also served as secretary 1891-1895.
Clement Walker Andrews1906–1907
Arthur Elmore Bostwick1907–1908
Charles Henry Gould1908–1909
Nathaniel Dana Carlile Hodges1909–1910
James Ingersoll Wyer1910–1911 Also served as secretary, 1902-1909
Theresa West Elmendorf1911–1912She was the ALA's first female president.
Henry Eduard Legler1912–1913
Edwin Hatfield Anderson1913–1914Also served as treasurer, 1895-1896
Hiller Crowell Wellman1914–1915
Mary Wright Plummer1915–1916
Walter Lewis Brown1916–1917
Thomas Lynch Montgomery1917–1918
William Warner Bishop1918–1919
Chalmers Hadley1919-1920 Also served as secretary, 1909-1911.
Alice S. Tyler1920-1921
Azariah Smith Root1921-1922
George Burwell Utley1922-1923 Also served as secretary, 1911-1920.
Judson Toll Jennings1923-1924
Herman H. B. Meyer1924-1925
Charles F. D. Belden1925-1926
George H. Locke1926-1927
Carl B. Roden1927-1928 Also served as treasurer, 1910-1920.
Linda A. Eastman1928-1929
Andrew Keogh1929-1930
Adam Strohm1930-1931
Josephine Adams Rathbone1931-1932
Harry Miller Lydenberg1932-1933
Gratia A. Countryman1933-1934
Charles H. Compton1934-1935
Louis Round Wilson1935-1936
Malcolm Glenn Wyer1936-1937
Harrison Warwick Craver1937-1938
Milton James Ferguson1938-1939
Ralph Munn1939-1940
Essae Martha Culver1940-1941
Charles Harvey Brown1941-1942
Keyes D. Metcalf1942-1943
Althea H. Warren1943-1944
Carl Vitz1944-1945
Ralph A. Ulveling1945-1946
Mary U. Rothrock1946-1947
Paul North Rice1947-1948
Errett Weir McDiarmid1948-1949
Milton E. Lord1949-1950
Clarence R. Graham1950-1951
Loleta Dawson Fyan1951-1952
Robert Bingham Downs1952-1953
Flora Belle Ludington1953-1954
L. Quincy Mumford1954-1955 Librarian of Congress, 1954-1974.
John S. Richards1955-1956
Ralph R. Shaw1956-1957
Lucile M. Morsch1957-1958
Emerson Greenaway1958-1959
Benjamin E. Powell1959-1960
Frances Lander Spain1960-1961
Florrinell F. Morton1961-1962
James E. Bryan1962-1963
Frederick H. Wagman1963-1964
Edwin Castagna1964-1965
Robert Vosper1965-1966
Mary V. Gaver1966-1967
Foster E. Mohrhardt1967-1968
Roger McDonough1968-1969
William S. Dix1969-1970
Lillian M. Bradshaw1970-1971
Keith Doms1971-1972
Katherine Laich1972-1973
Jean E. Lowrie1973-1974
Edward G. Holley1974-1975
Allie Beth Martin1975–Apr. 1976
Clara Stanton Jones1976-1977She was the ALA's first African-American president, serving as its acting president from April 11 to July 22 in 1976 and then its president from July 22, 1976 to 1977.[4]
Eric Moon1977-1978
Russell Shank1978-1979
Thomas J. Galvin1979-1980
Peggy A. Sullivan1980-1981
Elizabeth W. (Betty) Stone1981-1982
Carol A. Nemeyer1982-1983
Brooke E. Sheldon1983-1984
E. J. Josey1984-1985
Beverly P. Lynch1985-1986
Regina Minudri1986-1987
Margaret E. Chisholm1987-1988
F. William Summers1988-1989
Patricia Wilson Berger1989-1990
Richard M. Dougherty1990-1991
Patricia G. Schuman1991-1992 Also served as treasurer, 1984-1988.
Marilyn L. Miller1992-1993
Hardy R. Franklin1993-1994
Arthur Curley1994-1995
Betty J. Turock1995-1996
Mary R. Somerville1996-1997
Barbara J. Ford1997-1998
Ann K. Symons1998-1999 Also served as treasurer, 1992-1996.
Sarah Ann Long1999–2000
Nancy C. Kranich2000–2001
John W. Berry2001–2002
Maurice J. (Mitch) Freedman2002–2003
Carla D. Hayden2003–2004 Nominee for Librarian of Congress, 2016
Carol A. Brey-Casiano2004–2005
Michael Gorman2005–2006
Leslie B. Burger2006–2007
Loriene Roy2007–2008She was the ALA's first Native American president.[5][6]
James R. Rettig2008–2009
Camila A. Alire2009-2010
Roberta A. Stevens2010-2011
Molly Raphael2011-2012
Maureen Sullivan2012-2013
Barbara Stripling2013-2014
Courtney Young2014-2015
Sari Feldman2015-2016
Julie Todaro2016-2017

References

  1. ↑ Wiegand, Wayne A. (March 1977). "The Wayward Bookman: The Decline, Fall, and Historical Obliteration of an ALA President (Part I)". American Libraries 8 (3): 134–137.
  2. ↑ Wiegand, Wayne A. (April 1977). "The Wayward Bookman: The Decline, Fall, and Historical Obliteration of an ALA President (Part II)". American Libraries 8 (4): 197–200.
  3. ↑ Thomison, Dennis (October 1974). "The A.L.A. and its Missing Presidents". The Journal of Library History 9 (4): 362–366.
  4. ↑ "ALA's Past Presidents | About ALA". Ala.org. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  5. ↑ "ALA - Loriene Roy elected ALA president for 2007-2008". ala.org. 5 June 2006.
  6. ↑ "The American Indian Experience - A full-text digital resource - EBSCO". ebscohost.com.

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