The Ronald G. Bohley Award is administered by the Awards Committee and Amigos.
Ron Bohley served as Director of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library at the University of Missouri-Rolla from 1972 until his death in 1991. He also served several terms as Board President of the Missouri Library Network Corporation and was President of the Missouri Library Association for 1989-1990.
The Ronald G. Bohley Award is presented jointly by MLA and Amigos to an individual or individuals whose actions have led libraries to work better together and who exemplify the best efforts to reach out beyond his or her own institution to further multi-type library cooperation throughout the State of Missouri.
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Nomination Form
Current and Past Recipients
| YEAR | RECIPIENT |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Barbara Reading, Missouri State Library Chris Freeland, Washington University David Henry, Missouri Historical Society Katrina Stierholz, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Elizabeth MacDonald, Butler Library, Lindenwood University |
| 2012 | James Cogswell, MU Libraries, Columbia |
| 2011 | Erlene Dudley, William Woods University |
| 2010 | Laura Rein, Webster University |
| 2009 | (not awarded) |
| 2008 | Sallie Hancox, Scenic Regional Library (retired) |
| 2007 | Ann Sundermeyer, Hannibal Public Library |
| 2006 | Cathye Dierberg, St. Louis County Community College Library |
| 2005 | Carolyn Trout, Joplin Public Library Director |
| 2004 | Susan Singleton, former MLNC Director |
| 2003 | Dan Bradbury, Retired Kansas City Public Library Director |
| 2002 | (not awarded) |
| 2001 | Sara Parker, State Librarian |
| 2000 | (not awarded) |
| 1999 | George Rickerson, MOBIUS Director |
| 1998 | Dr. Paladugu Rao, Central Missouri State University |
| 1997 | Paul White, Mid-Continent Public Library Director |
| 1996 | Susan Burton, KCMLIN Executive Director |
| 1995 | Karen Luebbert, Assistant to the President, Webster University |
| 1994 | Annie (Linnemeyer) Busch, Springfield-Greene Public Library Director |
| 1993 (first year) | (2 recipients:) Donell Gaertner, St. Louis County Library; Mary Ann Mercante, Maryville University Library |
| 1992 | Ronald G. Bohley (posthumously) |