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Raymond Von Dran Memorial Award Information

Deadline for nomination: February 28, 2010

Raymond Von Dran Memorial Award Recipients

2009 - Lynn Scott Cochrane, Director, Denison University Library
2008 - Kimberly Ferguson, Head of Information Services, U.S. Senate Library
 

Purpose:

The Raymond Von Dran Memorial Award is an award open to Catholic University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) alumni, instituted in the memory of Raymond Von Dran (died, July 2007), who served as the second Dean of SLIS (1983-87). Von Dran most recently served as Dean of the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, which has posted a memorial web site which features many anecdotes and memories of his contributions to the field and to the many the people he influenced (http://ischool.syr.edu/ray/).

Selection Criteria:

The SLIS Alumni Association will grant this award during its annual Elizabeth W. Stone Lecture in April 2010. We are seeking nominations of SLIS alumni who have exhibited some of the qualities Von Dran was noted for throughout his career: innovation, collaboration, and leadership

Procedures:

Nominations (including self-nominations) will be accepted until the end of February 2010, and the SLIS Alumni Board will make a selection of the final recipient with approval from the Dean. Please email your nomination by completing the nomination form.  This form is set to send to cua-slis-alumni-board@cua.edu.  Alternatively, you may submit your nomination by mail or fax.

Or mail/fax your nomination to: SLIS Alumni Board
2nd Floor, Marist Hall
Catholic University of America
620 Michigan Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20064
FAX: 202-319-5574
 

Raymond Von Dran Memorial Award Nomination Form