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Janet Hauck
M.Lib, 1986
Janet is the University Archivist at the Whitworth University Archives in Spokane, WA. Janet has previously served as president of Northwest Archivists, Inc.
Loren Hagen
M.Lib, 1985
In 2013, Loren retired after 27 years of working as the Head Catalog Librarian at The United Library at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL.
Gregg Sapp
MLIS, 1985
As of 2023, Gregg reports having completed six books in his "Holidazed" series of satirical novels. To date, he has published “New Year’s Eve, 1999,” “Halloween from the Other Side,” “The Christmas Donut Revolution,” “Upside Down Independence Day,” “Murder by Valentine Candy," and "Thanksgiving, Thanksgotten, Thanksgone." Previous books include his dollar store epic, "Dollarapalooza" (Switchgrass Books, 2011) and “Fresh News Straight from Heaven,” which is based on the folklore of Johnny Appleseed (Evolved 2018).
Cecilia McGowan
M.Lib, 1984
Cecilia is the 2019-20 president of ALSC, the Association of Library Service to Children. This ALA division confers many prestigious awards, including the Newbery, Caldecott and Sibert.
Marjorie Doyle
M.Lib, 1983
In 2021, Marjorie reports that she continues to volunteer at Missoula Public Library in its Memory Cafe program that she helped start five years earlier. She also trains volunteers in various areas and frequently recommend new programs for consideration. Marjorie retired as a reference librarian from the library in 2015.
Barbara Rose
M.Lib, 1983
Barbara is now retired.
Cheryl Goodwin
M.Lib, 1982
Cheryl is currently the Director of Institutional Assessment & Library Services at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology. Prior to that, she spent 24 years as a medical librarian at hospitals throughout the Puget Sound.
Eric Palo
M.Lib, 1982
Eric retired as director of the library at Renton Technical College in 2016 and moved to McMinnville Oregon. Since then, he has occasionally filled in part-time as the librarian for the Wilsonville campus of the Oregon Institute of Technology. He continues as an accreditation evaluator for the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
Anina Coder Sill
M.Lib, 1982
Anina is in her 47th year with the King County Library System where she started as a page at her local Richmond Beach Library branch. She has been a library technical assistant, branch manager, and children's librarian and have seen things cycle around in the library world more than once. Still enjoy it immensely.
William Parton
M.Lib, 1981
In October 2014, Bill retired from his position as the Library Director at Arkansas Tech University, a position he held for 24 years.