Award Winners

Essae M. Culver Award | Louisiana Literary Award | Anthony H. Benoit Mid-Career | LLA Meritorious Service Award | Outstanding Academic Librarian | Margaret T. Lane (GODORT) | Outstanding Support Staff Professional Award (LaSSAL) | Lucy B. Foote (Subject Specialist) | Sue Hefley Educator of the Year (LASL) | Elizabeth Bruns Award (LASL) | School Library Media Specialist (LASL) | James O. Modisette Award for Public Libraries | James O. Modisette Award for Public Library Trustees | James O. Modisette Award for School Libraries | Alex Allain Intellectual Freedom | Scholarships and Grants

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Louisiana Literary Award        Back to top

2011  Edwin Edwards: Governor of Louisiana, by Leo Honeycutt


2010  "Gumbo Tales," by Sara Roahen


2009  No Award


2008  "After the Hunt: Louisiana's Authoritative Collection of Wild Game & Game Fish Cookery" by John D. Folse


2007  "Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family" by Kimberly Willis Holt. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2006


2006  "The Sugar Masters: Planters and Slaves in Louisiana's Cane World: 1820- 1860" by Richard Follett. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2005


2004  "Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps" by Alfred Lemmon, John T. Magill, and Jason R. Wiese. New Orleans: The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2003.


2003  "A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana" by Carl L. Bankston III & Stephen J. Caldas. Vanderbilt University Press, 2002


2002  "From Chaos to Continuity: The Evolution of Louisiana's Judicial System", Fernandez, Mark F. 1712-1862. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2001.


2001  "Marie Adrien Persac: Louisiana Artist" Bacot, H. Parrott, et al. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 2000.


2000  "Louisiana in the Age of Jackson: A Clash of Cultures and Personalities" Tregle, Joseph G., Jr. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1999.


1999  "My Louisiana Sky" Holt, Kimberly Willis. New York: Holt, 1998


1998  "Louisiana Buildings, 1720-1940: The Historic American Buildings Survey" .Poesch, Jessie, and Barbara SoRelle Bacot, eds. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1997.


1997  "Madaline: Love and Survival in Antebellum New Orleans" Upton, Dell, ed. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996.


1996  "Race and Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972" Fairclough, Adam. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1995.


1995  "Washington through a Purple Veil: Memoirs of a Southern Lady" Boggs, Lindy. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994.


1994  "A Lesson Before Dying" Gaines, Ernest J. New York: Knopf, 1993.


1993  "Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth Century" Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1992.


1992  "Flora of Louisiana Stones", Margaret, and Lowell Urbatsch. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1991.


1991  "The Collected Stories of John William Corrington" Corrington, Joyce. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1990.


1990  "The Amphibians and Reptiles of Louisiana" Dundee, Harold A., and Douglas A. Rossman. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1989.


1989  "Judah P. Benjamin: The Jewish Confederate Evans", Eli N. New York: Free Press, 1988.


1988  "The Thanatos Syndrome" Percy, Walker. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1987.


1987  "Requiem for a Kingfish" Reed, Ed. Baton Rouge: Award Publications/Ed Reed Organization, 1986.


1986  "Lady's Time" Hewat, Alan V. New York: Harper & Row, 1985.


1985  "Parnassus on the Mississippi: The Southern Review and the Baton Rouge Literary Community, 1935-1942" Cutrer, Thomas W. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1984.


1984  "Grace King: A Southern Destiny" Bush, Robert. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1983.


1983  "Plantation Homes of Louisiana and the Natchez Area" Gleason, David King. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1982. [Nonfiction]; Segura, Chris. Marshland Brace: Two Louisiana Stories. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1982. [Fiction]


1982  "Atchafalaya, America's Largest River Basin Swamp Lockwood, C. C. Baton Rouge: Beauregard Press, 1981.


1981  "Lost New Orleans" Cable, Mary. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. [Nonfiction]; "A Confederacy of Dunces" Toole, John Kennedy. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1980. [Fiction]


1980  "Yankee Autumn in Acadiana: A Narrative of the Great Texas Overland Expedition through Southwest Louisiana, October-December 1863" Edmonds, David C. . Lafayette: Acadiana Press, 1979.


1979  "In Search of Buddy Bolden, First Man of Jazz" Marquis, Donald M. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1979.


1978  Percy, Walker. Lancelot. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1977. [Fiction]


1977  "Acadia Parish, Louisiana: A History to 1900" Fontenot, Mary Alice, and Paul B. Freeland. Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing Division, 1976.


1976  "Louisiana Reconstructed, 1863-1877" Taylor, Joe Gray. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1974.


1975  "The Mammals of Louisiana and Its Adjacent Waters" Lowery, George H. . [Baton Rouge]: Published for the Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission by LSU Press, 1974.


1974  "The Bayous Feibleman" Peter S. New York: Time-Life Books, 1973.


1973  "Wildflowers of Louisiana and Adjoining States Brown" Clair A. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1972.


1972  "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" Gaines, Ernest J. New York: Dial Press, 1971.


1971  "They Came to Louisiana: Letters of a Catholic Mission, 1854-1882" McCants, Dorothea O. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1970.


1970  "Huey Long" Williams, T. Harry. New York: Knopf, 1969.


1969  No award


1968  "New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album" Rose, Al, and Edmond Souchon. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1967.


1967  "Tulane: The Biography of a University" Dyer, John P., 1834-1965. New York: Harper & Row, 1966.


1966  "Gayoso: The Life of a Spanish Governor in the Mississippi Valley, 1789-1799" Holmes, Jack D. L. Baton Rouge: Published by LSU Press for the Louisiana Historical Association, 1965.


1965  "Henry Watkins Allen of Louisiana" Cassidy, Vincent H., and Amos E. Simpson. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1964.


1964  "The Civil War in Louisiana" Winters, John D. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1963.


1963  "Cajun Sketches from the Prairies of Southwest Louisiana" Post, Lauren C. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1962.


1962  "The Siege of New Orleans" Brooks, Charles B. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1961.


1961  "Rudolph Matas: A Biography of One of the Great Pioneers in Surgery". Cohn, Isidore, with Hermann B. Deutsch. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1960.


1960  No award


1959  "The Rudolph Matas History of Medicine in Louisiana" Duffy, John. Vol. 1. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1958.


1958  "Louisiana Sugar Plantations during the American Civil War" Roland, Charles P. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1957.


1957  "Huey Long's Louisiana: State Politics, 1920-1952". Sindler, Allan P. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1956.


1956  "Louisiana Birds" Lowery, George H. [Baton Rouge]: Published for the Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission by LSU Press, 1955.


1955  No award


1954  "Fleur de Lys and Calumet: Being the Pénicant Narrative of French Adventure in Louisiana". McWilliams, Richebourg Gaillard. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1953.


1953  "The Golden Age of the New Orleans Theater" Kendall, John. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1952.


1952  "The Pirate Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans" Tallant, Robert. New York: Random House, 1951.


1951  "Red Bone Woman" Tillery, Carlyle. New York: J. Day, 1950.


1950  "Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children, and Other Streets of New Orleans" Chase, John Churchill. New Orleans: R. L. Crager, 1949.


1949  "Creole Folk Tales: Stories of the Lousiana Marsh Country," Ballowe, Hewitt. Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1948




Essae M. Culver Award        Back to top

2011  Lilly F. Smith


2010  Lyle Johnson, Director, Acadia Parish Library


2009  No Award


2008  Jackie Choate, Director, Vermillion Parish Library


2007  No award


2006  Amanda Taylor, Director, Concordia Parish


2005  Florence M. Jumonville, Chair, Louisiana and Special Collections Dept, Earl K. Long Library, UNO


2004  Garland Strother, Director, St. Charles Parish Library


2003  Carla S. Hostetter (retired), Iberia Parish Library


2002  Phyllis Heroy, Supervisor of Library Services, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board


2001  Myrtle Smith Bolner, Librarian Emeritus, Louisiana State University Libraries


2000  Joy Lowe, Associate Professor of Library Science, Louisiana Tech University


1999  Sonya Branch, Director (retired), Lafayette Public Library


1998  Lynda Carlberg (posthumously), Director, Calcasieu Parish Library


1997  Elizabeth Bingham, Head, Adult and Circulation Services, East Baton Rouge Parish Library


1996  Helen Sorrell, Librarian, Alexandria Historical Library


1995  F. Landon Greaves, Former Dean, Linus A. Sims Memorial Library


1994  No award


1993  Sue Anderson Hill, Library Automation Consultant, Ascension Parish School System


1992  Julia King Avant, Director, Lincoln Parish Library System


1991  Ben Brady, Director, Ouachita Parish Library


1990  Thomas F. Jaques, State Librarian, Louisiana State Library


1989  Coleen Cole Salley, Professor, College of Education, University of New Orleans


1988  No award


1987  Jane Ellen Carstens, Professor of Library Science, University of Southwestern Louisiana


1986  No award


1985  Betty Lou Roundtree, Coordinator of Technical Services, Louisiana State Library


1984  Marcia Perkins (posthumously), Public Library Consultant, Louisiana State Library


1983  Bronislaw and Mary Ellen Janowski, retired from Evangeline and Allen parish libraries


1982  Agnes A. Harris, Director, Ouachita Parish Library


1981  John Richard, Director, East Baton Rouge Parish Library


1980  Ruth Reedy, Director, Frazar Memorial Library, McNeese State University


1979  Vivian Cazayoux, Associate State Librarian, Louisiana State Library


1978  No award


1977  Hester B. Slocum, Assistant City Librarian, New Orleans Public Library


1976  Margaret Lane, Recorder of State Documents (retired), State Library of Louisiana


1975  Shirley Knowles Stephenson, LSU Library School (retired), Louisiana State University


1974  No Award


1973  Frances Flanders, Director, Ouachita Parish Public Library


1972  William D. Postell, Director, Rudolph Matas Medical Library, Tulane University


1971  Sallie Farrell, State Librarian, Louisiana State Library


1970  Olive Gehring, Library Consultant, St. Martin Parish Schools


1969  Debora Abramson, Assistant State Librarian, Louisiana State Library


1968  Lois Shortess, Head, Extension Department, Louisiana State Library


1967  Sue Hefley, Director, Instructional Materials Services, Webster Parish


1966  Florrinell F. Morton, Director, LSU Library School


1965  No Award




Anthony H. Benoit Mid-Career        Back to top

2011  Vivian McCain


2010  Sigrid Kelsey, LSU


2009  Melissa Hymel, Pointe Coupee Parish Library


2008  Vicki Nesting, St. Charles Parish Library


2007  No award


2006  Debra Cox Rollins, LSU-A


2005  Mary Cosper LeBouef, Director, Terrebonne Parish Library


2004  Angelle Deshautelles, Director, Ascension Parish Library


2003  Eileen R. Kontrovitz


2002  Charlene Cain, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University


2001  Gary Rolstad, Associate State Librarian, State Library of Louisiana


2000  Jackie Choate, Director, Vermillion Parish Library


1999  Paige Hanchey-LeBeau, Director, Calcasieu Parish Public Library


1998  Joe Landrum, Public Library Consultant, State Library of Louisiana


1997  Cheryl Cooper, Director, St. Mary Parish Library


1996  Sona Dombourian, Assistant Director Lafayette Public Library


1995  Michael A. DiCarlo, Assistant Director of Public Services, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University


1994  Elizabeth K. Vandersteen, Director, Rapides Parish Library


1993  Phyllis Heroy, Supervisor of Libraries, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board


1992  No award


1991  Judith I. Boyce, Director, Jefferson Parish Library System


1990  Garland Strother, Director, St. Charles Parish Library


1989  Carla Hosteller, Director, Iberia Parish Library


1988  Joy Lowe, Associate Professor of Library Science, Louisiana Tech University


1987  Anthony Benoit, Director, Jefferson Parish Library


1986  Patsy Perritt, Associate Professor, LSU School of Library and Information Science


1985  Robert (Bob) Heriard, Reference/Bibliographer, Earl K. Long Library, University of New Orleans


1984  Thomas F. Jaques, State Librarian, Louisiana State Library


1983  Elizabeth (Beth) Bingham, Head, Adult Services, East Baton Rouge Parish Library


1982  Dolores Owen, Documents Librarian, University of Southwestern Louisiana


1981  Roberta (Bobbie) Scull, Associate Librarian, Government Documents Department, Middleton Library, Louisiana State University


1980  Collin Hamer, Head, Louisiana Division, New Orleans Public Library


1979  Lynda (Netherland) Lee, Director, Calcasieu Parish Library




LLA Meritorious Service Award        Back to top

2011  No recipient


2010  Howard L. Coy, Jr, Vernon Parish Library


2009  Randy Allen DeSoto, St. John the Baptist Parish Library


2008  Sona J. Dombourian, Lafayette Public Library


2007  No award


2006  Trudy Patterson


2005  Thomas F. Jaques




Outstanding Academic Librarian        Back to top

2011  No recipient


2010  Lori Smith, Southeastern Louisiana University


2009  David Charles Duggar, LSU Health Sciences Center


2008  Michael DiCarlo, Prescott Memorial Library


2007  No recipient


2006  No recipient


2005  Sara Zimmerman, LOUIS


2004  No recipient


2003  No recipient


2002  Ralph Boe, LOUIS




Margaret T. Lane (GODORT)        Back to top

2011  No recipient


2010  Ferol A. Foos, State Library of Louisiana


2009  Judy Smith


2008  No Award


2007  R. Brantley Cagle, Jr.


2006  No award


2005  No award


2004  Lori L. Smith


2003  Jean Kiesel


2002  Doris Hutson


2001  Charlene Cain


2000  LOUIS Louisiana Library Network


1999  Catherine Lemann


1998  No award


1997  Grace Moore


1996  Frances Skiffington




Outstanding Support Staff Professional Award (LaSSAL)        Back to top

2011  Brenda Manning


2010  Jane Vidrine, University of Louisiana at Lafayette


2009  Rhoda March, Jefferson Parish Library


2008  April Milton, State Library of Louisiana


2007  Sylvia D. Waits


2006  Robert Bradley


2005  Lois Grant


2004  Mildred Osborne


2003  Faye Carlton


2002  Barbara Royer




Lucy B. Foote (Subject Specialist)        Back to top

2011  Georgia Chadwick


2010  no recipient


2009  Elizabeth Stother, LSU School of Dentistry


2008  Elissa Plank, Middleton Library


2007  No recipient


2006  No recipient


2005  Mary L. Marix


2004  Jean S. Kiesel


2003  Marianne L. Comegys


2002  Judith D. Smith


2001  Carol D. Billings


2000  No award


1999  Pamela Arceneaux


1998  Ferol Foos


1997  William McCleary


1996  Sandra Mooney


1995  Judith Najolia


1994  Anna H. Perrault


1993  R. Brantley Cagle, Jr.


1992  Beth M. Paskoff


1991  Roberta A. (Bobbie) Scull


1990  Olga Loretta Hines Hayward


1989  Jimmie Hoover


1988  No award


1987  Colin B. Hammer, Jr.


1986  Margaret T. Lane


1985  Forence Jumonville


1984  Harriet Callahan


1983  Lou Thomas


1982  Evangeline Lynch


1981  Dorothy B. Skau




Sue Hefley Educator of the Year (LASL)        Back to top

2011  No recipient


2010  Cathy Seal, East Baton Rouge Parish School System


2009  No Award


2008  John P. Juneau


2007  No recipient


2006  Susan Garcia


2005  Judy H. Noles


2004  Nanette Greer


2003  No recipient


2002  Sallie T. Namie




School Library Media Specialist (LASL)        Back to top

2011  Elizabeth Kahn


2010  Terrence E. Young, West Jefferson High/ University of New Orleans


2009  Janet Lanthrop, West Feliciana Middle School


2008  Betty Brackins


2007  No recipient


2006  No recipient


2005  Melissa Elrod


2004  No recipient


2003  No recipient


2002  Lynzie Boudreaux




Elizabeth Bruns Award (LASL)        Back to top

2010  Renee Grantham, Westlake High School


2006  award was transferred to Public Section


2005  No recipient


2004  Lillian Bolden


2003  No recipient


2002  Brenda DeWolf




James O. Modisette Award for Public Libraries        Back to top

2011  No recipient


2010  Livingston Parish Library


2008  Jefferson Davis Parish Library, Linda LeBert


2007  No award


2006  Vermillion Parish Library, director Jackie Choate


2005  No award


2004  Terrebonne Parish Library, director Mary Cosper-LeBouef


2003  No award


2002  Vermillion Parish Library, director Jackie Choate


2001  No award


2000  Ascension Parish Library, director Angelle Deshautelles


1999  No award


1998  Beauregard Parish Library, director Lilly Smith


1997  No award


1996  Calcasieu Public Library, director Linda Carlberg


1995  No award


1994  Ascension Parish Library, director Angelle Deshautelles


1993  No award


1992  St. Mary Parish Library, director Cheryl Cooper


1991  No award


1990  Lincoln Parish Library, director Julia Avant


1989  No award


1988  Lafayette Parish Library, director Sonya Branch


1987  No award


1986  Concordia Parish Library, director Amanda Taylor


1985  No award


1984  Jackson Parish Library, director Faye Hood


1983  No award


1982  Jackson Parish Library, director Faye Hood


1981  No award


1980  East Baton Rouge Parish Library, director John B. Richard


1979  No award


1978  Ouachita Parish Public Library, director Julia Avant


1977  No award


1976  Concordia Parish Library, director Mary Jane Smith


1975  No award


1974  No award


1973  Iberville Parish Library, director Glenna Lusk


1972  No award


1971  Opelousas-Eunice Public Library, director Dorothy Mayer


1970  Assumption Parish Library, director Mary Brand


1969  Union Parish Library, director Agnes Harris


1968  LaSalle Parish Library, director Mrs. H. D. Gaddis


1967  Shreve Memorial- Caddo Extension Library, director Juanita Rembert


1966  Calcasieu Parish Library, director Margie Lynch


1965  Franklin Parish Library, director Eunice Cotton


1964  Ouachita Parish Public Library, director Frances Flanders


1963  Union Parish Library, director Agnes Harris


1962  Pointe Coupee Parish Library, director Mrs. J. M. Holloway


1961  Morehouse Parish Library, director Mrs. Hoffman Jones


1960  Allen Parish Library, director Mary T. Janowski


1959  Vernon Parish Library, director Margie Lynch


1958  Vernon Parish Library , director Margie Lynch


1957  St. Martin Parish Library, director Hazel Sockrider


1956  Webster Parish Library, director Marion Taylor


1955  Lafourche Parish Library, director Edith Peterson


1954  Morehouse Parish Library, director Mrs. Hoffman Jones


1953  Iberville Parish Library, director Mrs. John McGinnis


1952  Jefferson Parish Library, director Cleo Songy


1951  Winn Parish Library, director Rubie M. Hanks


1950  Vermilion Parish Library, director Cleo Songy


1949  Iberia Parish Library, director Elisabeth Cammack


1948  Ouachita Parish Public Library, director Frances Flanders


1947  East Baton Rouge Parish Library, director Mrs. Max Schenker




James O. Modisette Award for Public Library Trustees        Back to top

2011  Cynthia Sellers


2010  Doris Barnes, Tensas Parish Library System


2009  Marjorie Tinsley Vogt, Concordia Parish Library


2008  Vivian Wylene Hurst, Pointe Coupee Parish Library


2007  Lee Verret, Lafayette Public Library


2006  Susan S. Hamilton, Lafayette Public Library


2005  No recipien


2004  Charles Davidson, Terrebonne Parish Library


2003  Anne Kilpatrick, Lincoln Parish Library


2002  Wayne Sutton, Bienville Parish Library


2001  Henry Hobbs, Webster Parish Public Library


2000  Mary Alice Aydell, Ascension Parish Public Library


1999  J. T. Platt, Calcasieu Parish Public Library


1998  Suzan Allen, Lafayette Public Library


1997  Mary Fargeson Bennett, Audubon Regional Library


1996  Helen Kohlman, New Orleans Public Library


1995  Wayne L. Coco, Avoyelles Parish Library


1994  C. Lane Sartor, Shreve Memorial Library


1993  John A. Melancon, St. Mary Parish Board of Control


1992  Mary C. Biggs , St. Mary Parish Board of Control


1991  Mrs. Ollie Burns, Ouachita Parish Library


1990  Jean T. Kreamer, Lafayette Public Library


1989  Mrs. Nathan Calhoun Concordia Parish Library


1988  Glenna Kramer, St. Mary Parish Board of Control


1987  Thad S. Johnson, Allen Parish Library Board


1986  Claudius Mayo, Catahoula Parish Library


1985  York Sheppard, Catahoula Parish Library


1984  No award


1983  Mrs. D. Crawford Young, Natchitoches Parish Library


1982  Mrs. Bob R. Jones, Audubon Regional Library


1981  Paulette Holahan, New Orleans Public Library


1980  Mrs. A. L. Keoun, Bossier Parish Library


1979  James E. Abadie, Ascension Parish Library


1978  W. R. Alexander, Union Parish Library


1977  Jacob S. Landry, Iberia Parish Library


1976  Murphy Tannehill, LaSalle Parish Library


1975  Matt Vernon, Opelousas-Eunice Library


1974  Clifton E. Hester, Madison Parish Library


1973  Mrs. W.D. Cotton, Richland Parish Library


1972  L. H. Coltharp, Jr., Beauregard Parish Library


1971  Robert Snyder, Lincoln Parish Library


1970  Mrs. Charles Keller, Jr., New Orleans Public Library


1969  Mrs. Clifford M. Strauss, Ouachita Parish Library


1968  George J. Lallande, Iberia Parish Library


1967  Helen S. Smith, Terrebonne Parish Library


1966  Don T. Caffery, St. Mary Parish Library


1965  Alex P. Allain, St. Mary Parish Library


1964  Mrs. W. B. MacMillan, Vermilion Parish Library


1963  Warren E. Dietrich, Webster Parish Library


1962  Mrs. Robert R. Rhymes, Richland Parish Library


1961  Mrs. Weldon Lynch, Allen Parish Library


1960  James Madison, Morehouse Parish Library


1959  Mrs. O. N. Reynolds, Caldwell Parish Library


1958  Mrs. B. W. Biedenharn, Ouachita Parish Public Library


1957  Mary Mims, Louisiana State Library


1956  Edith Steckler, St. Martin Parish Library




James O. Modisette Award for School Libraries        Back to top

2011  Elementary School: Paula Graffeo, J. Wallace James Elementary, Middle School: No Award, Junior-Senior High School: Pat Bordelon and Leslie Smith, Central High School


2010  Pineville Elementary School Library; No middle school award; Mandeville High School


2009  St. Thomas More Catholic High School


2008-09  No Elementary School; No Middle School; No Junior-Senior High School


2007-08  No Elementary School; No Middle School; Baton Rouge Magnet High, Betty Brackins & Leola Mitchell


2006-07  Our Lady of Fatima, Dianne Dempsey; No Middle School; Loreauville High School, Charlene R. Picheloup


2005-06  No Elementary School; No Middle School; Captain Shreve High School, Melissa Elrod & Annette Williford


2004-05  Audubon Elementary School, Kathy Hargroder; No Middle School; No Junior-Senior High School


2003-04  Baines Lower Elementary, Linda Holmes; No Middle School; Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Claudia J Fisher & Betty Brackins


2002-03  no elementary award; no middle school award; Tara High School Cathy Black & Pat Borderlon


2001-02  Tara High School Cathy Black; (Junior-Senior Award) Pat Borderlon


2000-01  Carencro Heights Elementary Kim Prejean; No middle school award; Jennings High School Lynzie Boudreaux


1999-2000  University Terrace Elementary School Catherine Brooks; No middle school award; No high school award


1998-99  Eden Gardens Fundamental Magnet School Judy C. Milam; Clearwood Junior High School Nancy Walker; Chalmette High School Gene Cosentino, Peggy Schwarz


1997-98  S. J. Montgomery Elementary School Marilyn Watson; No middle school award; No high school award


1996-97  Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary School Miriam Barton; Maplewood Middle School Beatrice Hopkins Jody Oubre; New Iberia Freshman Gloria Brady School Fran Morris


1995-96  Mitchell Elementary School Jan McGee; No middle school award; St. Thomas Moore High School Susan Hamilton/Cinde Sulik


1994-95  Audubon Elementary School Cheryl Singer; Edgar A. Martin Middle School Antonia White; Baton Rouge Magnet Melva Brown; High School Betty Brackins


1993-94  Jefferson Terrace Elementary School Linda Holmes; LeBlanc Middle/Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children Mary Liprie; Patterson High School Golda Jordan


1992-93  Welsh Elementary School Brenda DeWolf; No middle school award; No high school award


1991-92  Daspit Elementary School Dorothy L. Grimsley; No middle school award; Destrehan High School Viola Patterson Hymel/ Harriet Colon Clark


1990-91  No elementary school award; John Q. Adams Middle School Annette Thibodeaux; Zachary High School Mary Mills


1989-90  Broadmoor Elementary School Linda Dominum; No middle school award; Tara High School Catherine Seal/Paula Watts


1988-89  No elementary school award; Winnfield Middle School Claudia Machen; New Iberia Senior High School Ina Sarkies/Terry Williams


1987-88  No elementary school award; Hahnville High School Dolores Chauffe/Bernuce Mayfield


1986-87  Dozier Elementary School Anne B. Guilbeaux; No middle school award; Walker High School Allen Cunningham/ Bobbye Impson


1985-86  Ascension Day School Peggy Nolan; No middle school award; Abramson High School Hazel Moore/Helen Fincher/Aldor Matta


1984-85  St. Mark's Day School Beverly Barkley; No middle school award; Mandeville High School Cynthia Siadous/Martha McCaffrey


1983-84  No elementary school award; Istrouma Middle Magnet School Marvene Dearman; Captain Shreve High School Zoe Ramsey/Evelyn Valore


1982-83  Eaton Park Elem. School Jane Barras; No middle school award; Brother Martin High School Gayle Salvatore


1981-82  A. A. Nelson Elem. School Sue Way; Our Lady of Fatima School Susan Hamilton; Ridgewood Jr. High School Amaryllis H. Furr


1980-81  St. Amant Elementary School Sue Hill/Kathy Richard; Huntington High School Bennette Daniel/ Helen Rye


1979-80  Teche Elementary School Carole Dauphine;No high school award


1978-79  Leesville State School Howard Coy; Airline High School Virginia Bryan


1977-78  No elementary school award; Carencro High School Roland Simon


1976-77  DeQuincy Elementary School Yvonne K. Theriot; St. Mary's Dominican High School Margaret Waltzer


1975-76  St. Martinville Primary School Claire Dunbar; Byrd High School, Shreveport Lucile Tindel


1974-75  No elementary school award; St. Louis High School Alvina Hood


1973-74  No elementary school award; Southwood High School Bernice Prather


1972-73  No elementary school award; Alfred M. Barbe High School Jean Ballintine


1971-72  L. J. Allemand School Melba Axtell; DeRidder Junior High School Jeanne Essmeier


1970-71  Hillsdale Elementary School Mrs. Theo Roverson; Bastrop High School Nellie Simmons


1969-70  Kaplan Elementary School Amanda Hanks; Eunice High School Mildred C. Wooten


1968-69  Sherwood Forest Elementary School Renee May; Walnut Hill High School Lora Timberlake


1967-68  No award


1966-67  University Terrace School Marie Brewer University Terrace School Marie Brewer; Covington High School Naomi Rausch


1965-66  No award


1964-65  Homer High School Nedra E. McDonald


1962-63  Ouachita Parish High School Gladys Ward


1961-62  North Bayou Rapides Elementary School Mrs. Crawford H. Downs


1960-61  Lakeshore Elementary School Maude Gore


1959-60  Westside Elementary School Alliene N. Hofmann


1958-59  W. W. Lewis Jr. High School Jean Royston


1957-58  Henning Elementary School Hazel McNamara


1956-57  Eunice High School Mildred C. Wooten


1955-56  Opelousas High School Brunette Klans


1955  Ovey Trahan, Winn Parish Library


1954-55  Lake Charles High School Ruth Clark Reedy


1953-54  No award


1952-53  Kinder High School Myrtle Bacon


1951-52  Hall Summit High School Leola H. Lofton


1950-51  Natchitoches High School Agnes Clark


1949-50  Natchitoches High School Lucille Carnahan


1948-49  Terrebonne High School Lena DeGrummond


1947-48  Many High School Mrs. Olin D. Moore




Alex Allain Intellectual Freedom        Back to top

2011  No recipient


2010  Naomi Hurtienne, Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Library


2009  No award


2008  No Award


2007  Peggy Chalaron, LSU Libraries, Lousiana State University


2006  No award


2005  No award


2004  No award


2003  Holly Priestley, Young Adult Librarian, Ouachita Parish Public Library


2002  Joe Cook, Executive Director, ACLU-Louisiana


2001  Charlene Cain, Law Library, LSU Paul Hebert Law Center


2000  No award


1999  Barbara Forrest, Southeastern State University


1998  No award


1997  Deloris Wilson, School Librarian, West Monroe High School


1996  Jeri Ferrara, School Librarian, Fontainebleau High School, Mandeville


1995  No award


1994  Patsy Perritt, Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University


1993  No award


1992  No award


1991  Alex P. Allain, St. Mary Parish Library Board


Scholarship and Grant Winners



LLA Scholarship        Back to top

2011  Ginger Coon




Mary Moore Mitchell Scholarship        Back to top

2011  Elizabeth Colvin




Educational Foundation of the Trustee Section Award        Back to top

2011  Dominic Bordelon




Academic - Thorpe Associates Grassroots Grant        Back to top

2011  Jenifer French




Ollie Burns Scholarship        Back to top

2011  Jordan Signater




Alice C. Dixon Dantro Scholarship        Back to top

2011  Julie Weber