2010 PCBL Award Winners
PCBL Annual Awards were presented for Leadership in Support of Libraries in 2010 for each award category.
Citizen of the Year Award
Presented to Patricia Willett
Corporate Citizen of the Year Award
Presented to Northeast Micro Computers
Local Public Official Award
Presented to Chester County Commissioners
Carol Aichele
Terrence Farrell
Kathi Cozzone
Friends Group of the Year Award
Presented to Friends of the Adamstown Area Library
Library Public Relations Award
Presented to Reading Public Library
Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented to Pat Ditzler
Media Award
Presented to Berks County Friends
2009 PCBL Award Winners
PCBL Annual Awards were presented for Leadership in Support of Libraries in 2009 for each award category.
Citizen of the Year Award
Presented to Charles B. Greenberg
Corporate Citizen of the Year Award
Presented to Rutter's
Friends Group of the Year Award
Presented to Chester County Library
Joseph T. Simpson Public Library
Friends Newsletter of the Year Award
Presented to Mt. Lebanon Public Library
Springdale Free Public Library
Library Public Relations Award
Presented to Upper Dublin Public Library's Author Event
Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented to Lois Albrecht
Local Public Official Award
Presented to Cranberry Township Supervisor Bruce Mazzoni
Dauphin County Commissioners
2008 Award Winners
PCBL Annual Awards were presented for Leadership in Support of Libraries in 2008 for each award category.
Citizen of the Year Award
Presented to Richard King Mellon Foundation
Corporate Citizen of the Year Award
Presented to Peoples Bank
Peacock Keller & Ecker, LLP
Gastley Moving & Storage Company
Friends Group of the Year Award
Presented to Slippery Rock Community Library
Friends Newsletter of the Year Award
Presented to Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
(Squirrel Hill Branch)
Elected State Official of the Year Award
Presented to Representative Eugene DePasquale (York, PA)
Library Public Relations Award
Presented to Cambria County Library
Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented to Kathy Kennedy
Special Merit Award
Presented to Joseph V. Serwinski (Blairsville Public Library)
Local Public Official Award
Presented to Board of Trustees, Wissahickon School District
Media Award
Presented to Times-Tribune, Scranton
Penn-Franklin News, Murrysville
Special Award
Presented to Dinner Auction Committee
Friends of Eastern Lancaster County Library
Awards Presenters:
Lois Albrecht, Awards Chair
Charles Greenberg
Elizabeth Heim
Kathy Kennedy
2007 Award Winners
PCBL Annual Awards were presented for Leadership in Support of Libraries in 2007 for each award category.
Citizen of the Year Award
Presented to Lenore Forsted
Corporate Citizen of the Year Award
Presented to "Highlights for Children" and subsidiary Boyds Mills Press
Friends Group of the Year Award
Presented to the Mt. Lebanon Public Library Friends (larger library)
Presented to Shippensburg Public Library Friends (smaller library)
Friends Newsletter of the Year Award
Presented to the Selinsgrove Public Library Firends
Elected State Official of the Year Award
Presented to Senator Andrew E. Dinniman
Library Public Relations Award
Presented to the Norwin Public Library
Special Merit Award
Presented to The Woman's Club of Adamstown (Lancaster County)
Local Public Official Award
Presented to Palmyra Borough Councilman
Robert E. Longenecker
Media Award
Presented to "The Tribune-Democrat" of Johnstown (Cambria County)
Awards Presenters:
Lois Albrecht, Awards Chair
Charles Greenberg
Elizabeth Keim
Kathy Kennedy
2006 PCBL Award Winners
PCBL Annual Awards were presented for Leadership in Support of Libraries in 2006 for each award category.
Citizen of the Year Award
Presented to Michael Silvestri
Corporate Citizen of the Year Award
Presented to the JanWay Corporation
Friends Group of the Year Award
Presented to the Adams County Friends
Friends Newsletter of the Year Award
Presented to the Fredericktown Area
Public Library Friends
Elected State Official of the Year Award
Presented to Senator Sean Logan
Library Public Relations Award
Presented to the Tredyffrin Public Library
Library Public Relations Award
Presented to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Lifetime Achievement Award
Presented to Dr. Dennis P. Leeper
Meritorious Service Award
Presented to David Warner
Local Public Official Award
Presented to Lackawanna County Commissioner
Robert C. Cordaro
Local Public Official Award
Presented to Lackawanna County
Commissioner A. J. Munchak
Media Award
Presented to Lock Haven's The Express
Awards Presenters:
Lois Albrecht, Awards Chair
Phil Albright, PCBL President
Kathy Kennedy, Luncheon Chair
2005 Award Winners
Citizen of the Year
Daniel Hawbaker
Friends Group of the Year
Friends of the Parkland Library
Friends of Bosler Memorial Library
Elected State Official of the Year
Jane Claire Orie
Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert Gallivan
Corporate Citizen of the Year
Glaxo-Smith-Kline
Friends Newsletter of the Year
Friends of Eastern Monroe Public Library
Library Public Relations Award
Delaware County Library System
Media Award
WGAL TV
Special Award of Merit
Schuylkill Campus of the Pennsylvania State University Library Student Advisory Board
PaLA Trustee of the Year
Phil Albright