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Dan Trefethen
M.Lib, 1978
Dan retired in 2016 from the Boeing Company, where he worked as a special librarian and knowledge manager. He also worked as a corporate librarian and archivist for companies in architecture and engineering, and natural resources economics. In 2013, he received the John Cotton Dana award from the Special Libraries Association for lifetime service to the profession.
Richard Brzustowicz
M.Lib, 1977
Richard is a human subjects review administrator for the University of Washington Human Subjects Division.
Ann Emery
M.Lib, 1977
The 2014-15 school year is Ann's last year of work as a school librarian! She's had a great career, with highlights including award trips to China, Japan, Korea, and India. She encourages all school librarians to get involved with the Fulbright, National Consortium For Teaching About Asia, and the Hanban Chinese Bridge programs.
Allen Gray
M.Lib, 1977
Allen has been engaged as an officer in several national lineage societies since his retirement in 2011 as president of Lakeshore Investment Corp.
Nancy Holcomb
M.Lib, 1977
Nancy is retired from librarianship, but enjoys volunteering at the downtown Seattle Public Library Welcome Desk: "Still love assisting library users and meeting all the visitors to Seattle."
Kathleen Johnson
M.Lib, 1977
After 17 years as librarian at Seattle Academy, Kathy will be retiring in June 2016.
Christine Lavra
M.Lib, 1977
Christine changed professions to civil engineering after graduating with a BSCE in 1992 and is now retired.
Sandra O'Connor
M.Lib, 1977
In 2020, Sandra was elected chair of the North Carolina Real Estate Commission and Vice Chair of the City of Greensboro, North Carolina, Zoning Commission.
Sally Wise
M.Lib, 1977
Sally is the director of the law library and a professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law. In 2014 she was appointed by the American Association of Law Libraries to be their representative to the Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association.
Jonathan Betz-Zall
M.Lib, 1976
As of 2025, after seven years of retirement from the community college system, Jonathan returned to the profession as an "intermittent" (i.e. on call) librarian for the Seattle Public Library. He's enjoying all the excitement and energy of direct public service work with little of the administrative hassles experienced by those in regular positions. Jonathan said he felt like an "old head" in his neighborhood gang.