The Bethany J. Ochal Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession award is presented to a Government Law Libraries Special Interest Section member who has made a significant contribution to law librarianship and who is nearing the end the member’s library career or who has recently retired.
RECIPIENTS
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2011 - 2022 2022
- Kathy Carlson, Retired, Director, Wyoming State Law Library, Cheyenne, WY
- Sarah Galligan, Retired, Law Librarian, Ramsey County Law Library, St. Paul, MN
2021
- John Adkins, Director of Libraries, San Diego Law Library, San Diego, CA
- Catherine Lemann, Retired, New Orleans, LA
2020
- Steve Anderson, Director, Thurgood Marshall State Law Library, Annapolis, Maryland
- Donna Bausch, Executive Director (retired), Norfolk Public Law Library, Norfolk, Virginia
- Donna Williams, Director (retired), California Judicial Center Law Library, San Francisco, California
2019
- Coral Henning, Director (in memoriam), Sacramento County Public Law Library, Sacramento, California
- Carol Ebbinghouse, Law Librarian (retired), 2nd District Court of Appeals for California, Law Library, Pasadena, California
- Terry Long, Librarian (retired), Virginia State Law Library, Richmond, Virginia
- Mariann Sears, Director, Harris County Law Library, Houston, Texas
2018
- Scott Burgh, Chief Law Librarian (retired), City of Chicago Department of Law, Chicago, Illinois
- Jacquelyn J. Jurkins, Director of the Law Library, Multnomah Law Library, Portland, Oregon
- Regina L. Smith, Executive Director and Corporate Secretary, Jenkins Memorial Law Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Maryruth Storer, Director, Orange County Public Law Library, Santa Ana, California
2017
- Dr. Joel Fishman, Associate Director for Lawyer Services, retired, Duquesne University Center for Legal Information/Allegheny County Law Library, Pittsburgh, PA
2016
- Rita Dermody, retired from Public Law Library of King County
2015
- Georgia Chadwick, Director, Law Library of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA
- Ann Fessenden, Circuit Librarian, U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit Library, St. Louis, MO
- Sandy Marz, Director, (retired) Washoe County Law Library, Reno, NV
- Laura J.Orr, Law Librarian, Washington County Law Library, Hillsboro, OR
2013
- Marcia Koslov, Executive Director (Retired), LA Law Library
- Judy Meadows, State Law Librarian of Montana and Director, Montana Supreme Court
2011
- Janet H. Camillo, Director (Retired), Montgomery County Circuit Court Law Library, South Kensington, MD
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1997 - 2009 2009
- Shirley Hart-David, Retired
- Charles Dyer, Consultant & Retired Public Law Library Director
- Cosette Sun, Retired Alameda County Law Library Director
- Barbara Golden, Retired
- Anne Grande, Retired
2006
- Carol D. Billings, Director, Law Library of Louisiana
- Jean M. Holcomb, Director (retired), King County (WA) Law Library
2003
- Paul Fu, Supreme Court of Ohio Law Library
- Kai-Yun Chiu
- Shelley Dowling, United States Supreme Court Law Library
- Kay Schlueter, Texas State Law Library
2000
- Marvin Anderson, Minnesota State Law Librarian
- Jacqueline Wright, retired Arkansas Supreme Court Librarian
1997
- Marie Sekula
- Edgar Bellefontaine, Social Law Library, Boston