110000 LLeeggeennddss iinn AAllbbeerrttaa’’ss PPuubblliicc LLiibbrraarryy SSeerrvviiccee Ed Halina Parkland Region Trustee: advocate and champion in the development of library systems in Alberta Harry Newsom Alberta Librarian: leader and advocate in provincial and regional library service development Robert A. Bailey Yellowhead Trustee: advocate Elizabeth Howery Yellowhead Trustee: first chair of Yellowhead Dorothy Morgan Calgary Librarian: professional development of library service for children Bob Block Medicine Hat Librarian: leader and advocate: introduced arts and cultural programming George Dew Lethbridge Librarian: implemented professional services Hazel Bletcher Lethbridge Librarian: leader Duncan Rand Lethbridge Leader in development of resource sharing in Alberta Lorna Haddow Calgary Leader in trustee development, training and continuing education Ivy Taylor Wainwright Librarian that built local library service; trailblazer Sue Dutton Calgary Trustee: educator and advocate Dr. W. J. Collett Calgary Trustee: leader and advocate John Dutton Lethbridge Librarian: one of the first professional librarians in Alberta Bob Bell Edmonton Librarian: innovator in children’s services; puppeteer and storyteller Hugh Gourlay Edmonton Librarian: innovator; Library Streetcar Gertrude Worth Cardston Librarian: advocate and builder of local library service Bruce Peel Edmonton Librarian: advocate and Prairie bibliographer; university librarian Betty Henderson Edmonton Librarian: advocate; instructor; professor of library science Eve Whitmey Peace River Trustee: advocate for library service Irene Arnold Grande Centre Trustee: advocate for library system service in the Northeast Olive Lancaster Fairview Librarian and trustee: Fairview College Phyllis Brazeau Grande Prairie Librarian and advocate Bill Sutherland Barrhead Librarian: innovator: Bookmobile Jean Mucha Edmonton Trustee: advocate for library service Hazel Hart Hinton Librarian: builder of local library Cornelia Wood Stony Plain Trustee: advocate Joan Vroom Banff Librarian: builder of local library service Mary Alice Stewart Banff Trustee: advocate Margaret Mclean Camrose Trustee: advocate Twig (Kay) Taylor Ponoka Trustee: advocate Mary Lou Rose Parkland Trustee: advocate and educator Sandra Weidner Parkland Trustee: advocate and educator Myrna Speers Rocky Mountain Librarian: builder of local library House service; promoter of services Helen Hunley Rocky Mountain Trustee: advocate House Lois Hole Alberta Advocate; educator; writer; promoter Bob Irvine High River Trustee: advocate: champion of systems Dr. Stan Cockx Strathmore Doctor who volunteered as librarian; builder Karen Armbruster Brooks Librarian: children’s librarian; educator; storyteller Alice Avery Taber Librarian: builder of local service Cliff Dacre Redcliff Trustee: advocate, builder of Shortgrass library system Bill Schieman Medicine Hat Trustee: advocate Vic Juba Lloydminster Trustee: advocate; local builder of library service Patrica Cavill Strathmore Librarian: advocate; educator; writer; marketing strategist Nick Spillios Edmonton Trustee: advocate; Friends of Library promoter Verna Millican Edmonton Librarian: developer: multilingual biblioservice Jean Lewis High Prairie Trustee: advocate of library system service in Peace area Rudy Nikiforuk Vegreville Trustee: advocate Liz Hubbard Tofield Librarian: advocate, builder of local library service; educator Betty Cockburn Fort Librarian and advocate Saskatchewan Ray Campeau Bonnyville Trustee: advocate Maureen Wilcox Mayerthorpe Trustee: advocate; educator Marie Logan Lomond Trustee: advocate Margaret Law Parkland Library system director: developer; educator; advocate Sheryl Pelletier High Level Librarian: builder; educator Alexander Calhoun Calgary Librarian: professional; builder Louise Riley Calgary Librarian: professional; writer Dr. E. Hill Edmonton Trustee: advocate Grace MacDonald Edmonton Librarian: Children’s services Georgina Thomson Calgary Librarian: professional; advocate; writer; children’s advocate Flora MacLeod Edmonton UofA Librarian: builder; direct service to Albertans in the hinterland Harvey Treleaven Yellowhead Trustee: advocate; educator Joseph Forsyth Alberta Librarian: leader, professional; advocate; visionary HeatherBelle Dowling Strathcona County Librarian: professional; advocate E. E. Balantyne Edmonton Advocate: Provincial Secretary E. A. (Ted) Wiltshire Alberta Librarian: first professional at provincial level for public library service Mac Coleman Red Deer Librarian: builder Bill Bale Parkland System Director and service development Harold Dawe Red Deer Trustee: advocate and supporter Edith Helton Three Hills Librarian and trustee: advocate; library system developer in Marigold area Ethel Taylor Red Deer Trustee: advocate of library service Lucille Dougherty High River Librarian and trustee: advocate; builder of library system in Marigold area Gaye Ross Drumheller Trustee: advocate: builder of library system in Marigold area Alma Webster Edmonton School and public library supporter Laurence Wiedrick Edmonton Public and school library educator, assisted in establishment of School of Library Science Lorne MacRae Calgary Librarian: professional: Intellectual Freedom advocate; school library advocate Premier Rutherford Alberta Emissary that introduced the first Libraries Act February 23rd 1907 1st reading Barbara Clubb Alberta Librarian: educator William Ashbury Edmonton 1st Alberta Legislature Librarian: Buchanan later Canadian Senator Edith Gostick Edmonton Legislature Librarian before the war Helen Skirrow Edmonton Trustee: advocate of public and school libraries John Blue Edmonton First Legislature Librarian Derek Hoskins Old Man area Trustee: library system supporter Cecilia Evans East Coulee Trustee: advocate Laurence Solomon Parkland First system director Joyce McFarland MD of Pincher Trustee; advocate for service e to Creek rural Albertans Jean Luthy Canmore Librarian: professional; builder of local library service Jean Wright Vermilion Trustee; advocate Donna Dietrich Lomond Librarian: builder of library system in Chinook area Nanko Dubbelboer Forty Mile County Trustee; builder of library system in Shortgrass area Mrs. Shannon Sexsmith Librarian: builder of local library service Hansa Thaleshvar Cold Lake Librarian: builder of local and system service Jean Jackson Youngstown Librarian and trustee: builder of local and library system service Dorothy Brownlee Stettler Librarian: builder of local library service Alice Melnyk Two Hills Librarian: builder of local library service Marilyn Corbett Edmonton Librarian: educator and technician developer at Grant MacEwan Gary MacDonald Calgary Librarian: educator technician developer SAIT Carrie Graham Vulcan Trustee: advocate; champion of systems Maureen Hall Cold Lake area Trustee: advocate of library system service Eileen Harris Beaverlodge Librarian: builder of local library service Compiled July 2006 .