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Janet Crum
MLIS, 1992
As of 2025, Janet was appointed as Dean of Library Services at Fresno State University.
Chance Hunt
M.Lib, 1992
Chance joined the iSchool as a full-time senior lecturer. After more than 25 years working for the King County Library System, the Seattle Public Library and the city of Seattle, he is thrilled to be back at the UW working with MLIS students.
Linda Kawaguchi
M.Lib, 1992
Linda received an endowed chair from the Hugh & Hazel Darling Foundation at the Fowler School of Law at Chapman University in Orange, California, where she is the Law Library director and a professor of law.
She also published a law review article titled "Assessing Academic Law Libraries' Performance and Implementing Change: The Reorganization of a Law Library" 49 University of Toledo Law Review 35 (2017-2018). It is available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3264453.
Mike Marlin
MLIS, 1992
Since 2007, Mike has served as the Director and Regional Librarian for the California Braille and Talking Book Library in Sacramento, an affiliate of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. He continues to serve on the ALA Council as a Councilor at Large and was elected to a three-year term on the ALA Executive Board (2015-18), the first blind librarian and the first staff member of the California State Library to serve on the Board. His son and grandchildren live in the Seattle area, and he fodly recalls his days in the Northwest. If you have a reference query or need comic relief, check out his guide dog on Facebook: Vivaldi: Guide Dog Extraordinaire, Canine Librarian.
Sally Nash
MLIS, 1992
Sally has served on the Planning Commission for the City of Tumwater, WA, since 2009. In January 2014 she began serving a three-year term as chair of the commission.
Hollis Near
M.Lib, 1992
Hollis retired in May 2020 after 21 years as Director of Library Services at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle.
Hollis Near
M.Lib, 1992
In 2022, Hollis was awarded the status of Director Emerita of Library Services from Cornish College of the Arts after retiring in 2020.
Jim O'Grady
M.Lib, 1992
In 2011, Jim retired from an active career in public librarianship. He returned to the Pacific Northwest, and he and his wife now live in Greenbank, WA, on Whidbey Island.
Mike Showalter
M.Lib, 1992
As of 2023, Mike had recently retired after five years at UCLA's Continuing Education of the Bar, where he first led the launch of its new legal research platform and then later led sales and revenue operations. Mike's technology career started in 1992 at Internet pioneer NorthWestNet and included product management roles at several library-focused vendors and start-ups, including OCLC, EBSCO, ProQuest, Serials Solutions, usedbooks.com and Plum Analytics.
Michael Bergeson
MLIS, 1991
Mike works in the Interlibrary Loan Department at the Seattle Public Library. Previously, Mike has worked in the Special Collections Department, Art Department and Business Department, all located at SPL's Central Branch.