Past Presidents

Eight New Jersey special librarians have been President of the Special Libraries Association. Five of the national Presidents were also President of the New Jersey Chapter of the Special Libraries Association.

  • Frank Spaulding 1986-1987
  • Efren W. Gonzalez 1971-1972
  • Frank E. McKenna 1966-1967
  • Winifred Sewell 1960-1961
  • Katherine L. Kinder 1956-1957
  • Betty Joy Cole 1946-1947
  • Alma C. Mitchill 1938-1940
  • John Cotton Dana 1909-1911

In December 2017, the SLA Board approved the merger of two chapters located in New Jersey, The Greater Princeton-Trenton Chapter and the New Jersey Chapter.

New Jersey Chapter Greater Princeton-Trenton Chapter
2022 Emma C. Moore
2021 Angela Pagliaro
2020 Janet Cooper Weiss
2019 Janet Cooper Weiss
2018 Karen Botkin 2017 Danielle Cramer
2017 Claudia Cuca 2016 Pat Dawson
2016 Claudia Cuca 2012 Zana Etter
2015 Sonal Shukla 2011 Susan Moss
2014 Sonal Shukla 2010 Melissa Brown
2013 Ben Beit-Zuri 2009 Donna Wolf
2012 Sherry Markowitz 2008 Karen McQuillen
2011 Sherry Markowitz 2007 Michelle Brewer
2010 Sandra Baker 2005-06 Connie Paul
2009 Eric Schwarz 2004-05 Jan Watterworth
2008 Barbara Burton 2003-04 Mitchell Brown
2007 Carol Feltes 2002-03 Ruth Weitzenfeld
2006 Ruth Wolfish 2001-02 Susan Moss
2004-05 Jeannine Creazzo 2000-01 Mary Steiner
2003-04 Elizabeth Arnold 1999-2000 Ellie Fogarty
2002-03 Miranda Scott 1998-99 Jane Holmquist
2001-02 Rita Reisman 1997-98 Brian D. Lewin
2000-01 Anne Kneller 1996-97 Anne D. Stark
1999-2000 Laura Antos 1995-96 Karen McQuillen
1998-99 Carol Gillen 1994-95 Jayashri Nagaraja
1997-98 Jean M. Carrigan 1993-94 Carol B. Paszamant
1996-97 Renee Massoud 1992-93 Janet Cooper Weiss
1995-96 Diane Klaiber 1991-92 Bryan S. Young
1994-95 Aimee Ruzicka 1990-91 Jeanne Tomar (Forester)
1993-94 Melissa Young 1989-90 Marilyn Halpern
1992-93 Anne Garty 1988-89 Carol H. Reese
1991-92 Barbara Ciccone 1987-88 Lucille P. Paras
1990-91 Joseph Canose 1986-87 Hinda Greenberg
1989-90 Ann Kelsey 1985-86 Maxine Goldsmith
1988-89 Sheila Cassels 1984-85 Hope Tillman
1987-88 Joanne Lustig 1983-84 June Bente
1986-87 Sharon Mosenkis 1982-83 Yvonne Smith
1985-86 Mary Jane Miller 1981-82 Janet Williams
1984-85 Ingrid Memming 1980-81 Elizabeth Steckman
1983-84 Carol E. Kornfeld 1979-80 Joyce Russell
1982-83 Ann W. Talcott 1978-79 Ann Silver (resigned) / Joyce Russell
1981-82 Florence Clark 1977-78 Rosemary Allen Little
1980-81 Virginia Fortney 1976-77 Richard Caron
1979-80 Winifred Sayers 1975-76 Fern Cloak
1978-79 Annette Corth 1974-75 Fern Linsley
1977-78 Frank Spalding 1973-74 Joyce Jordan
1976-77 Reginald W. Smith 1972-73 Susan Roumfort
1975-76 Alfred M. Anzalone 1971-72 Jean Anderson
1974-75 Boris A. Anzlowar 1970-71 Angela Giral Irby
1973-74 Mary F. (Musco) Bondarovich 1969-70 Glendon Odell
1972-73 Patricia M. (Dudeck) Hodge 1968-69 Marylee Sturgis
1971-72 Ruth M. Pravetz 1967-68 Bill Fisher
1970-71 Mayra P. Scarborough
1969-70 Shirley W. Bolles
1968-69 Judith C. Leondar
1967-68 Don T. Ho
1966-67 Rita L. Goodermonte
1965-66 Maguerite K. Moran
1964-65 Robert G. Krupp
1963-64 Ellis Mount
1962-63 Mary McDermott
1961-62 C. Alice Rankin
1960-61 E. Marie Murphy
1959-60 Frank E. McKenna
1957-59 Francis Vierling
1955-57 Florence Carlton
1953-55 Genevieve Ford
1951-53 Katherine L. Kinder
1949-51 Hazel Levins
1947-49 Alma C. Mitchell
1945-47 Helen Buzzell
1943-45 Jane Ulrey
1941-42 Marguerite Rummell
1939-41 Betty Joy Cole
1937-38 Marion C. Manley
1935-37 Alma C. Mitchell