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Irene Haines
M.Lib, 1989
After 15 years as a Branch Library Manager, Irene moved to her favorite position: Adult Services Librarian at the Broadview Branch of the Seattle Public Library. She started at Broadview in 1983 and worked in 10 different locations before ending up full circle back at Broadview.
Lorelette Knowles
MLIS, 1989
Lorelette is a retired librarian (academic, corporate, public community, school), now involved in music (choral singing) and doing a lot of traveling, mostly on her 46-foot sailboat.
Valerie (Schultheiss) Lawrence
M.Lib, 1989
After a many years spent working in health sciences libraries in and around the Pacific Northwest, Valerie (Schultheiss) Lawrence '89 returned to the Bay Area, her native land. In 2014, she she began working as a Consultant for the Care Management Institute, with Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, CA. She is part of Kaiser's Clinical Library team, responsible for content and project management.
Thurston Miller
M.Lib, 1989
Thurston has worked at the University of Notre Dame since 1992 as the Physical Sciences Librarian. In the past few years, he:
* organized the 2016 Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians held at the University of Notre Dame. The event drew 75 people from 14 states and one province;
* was awarded the University of Notre Dame Foik Award in 2017 for significant contributions to library service to the Notre Dame community or to the library profession through personal scholarship or substantive engagement in professional associations;
* was promoted to full librarian in 2018;
* was awarded the PAM Achievement Award in 2018 for professional work that is marked by distinction and dedication to librarianship in Physics, Astronomy, and/or Mathematics (PAM). PAM is a division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA);
* gave a talk on using Excel at the 2018 Annual SLA conference that was voted as one of the best sessions by attendees. Afterward, the talk was included in the webinar series: Best of the SLA.
Patricia Davis
M.Lib, 1988
Patricia is retired after nearly 50 years in the workforce, most of it in libraries. In her words: "My opinion on retirement? It's sweet, and I highly recommend it!"
George Draffan
M.Lib, 1988
George conducts strategic research for a diverse range of clients, including environmental organizations and community groups, law firms, journalists, and labor unions.
George Draffan
M.Lib, 1988
George conducts strategic research for a diverse range of clients, including environmental organizations and community groups, law firms, journalists, and labor unions.
Robin Haun-Mohamed
M.Lib, 1988
Robin is Chief of Library Services Content and Management, Outreach and Support with the U.S. Government Publishing Office. She recently visited several libraries participating in the Federal Depository Library Program in Oregon, Wyoming, and Vancouver, Washington.
Jane Keefer
M.Lib, 1988
Jane is retired, but still volunteers each week at the Providence Portland Cancer Center library for patients and families. She also teaches and performs folk music, plays with several Portland groups that perform protest and labor songs, and maintains and adds material to her index of recordings and books of tradition based musics.
Michael Maben
M.Lib, 1988
Michael is the 2020 recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship from the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Technical Services Special Interest Section (TS-SIS). This is the highest award bestowed by the TS-SIS.