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Library History - Library Trustees |
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"I have lived a long, very busy, and not uneventful life, and as I look back on its activities, other than professional, it seems to me that the most useful, certainly the most satisfying, part of it was striving as I did as a young man to obtain a public library for the city in which I lived, and to carry forward its good work when it was once secured." --Justice John H. Clarke, Second President, Library Board of Trustees |
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WHAT IS A LIBRARY TRUSTEE?
These phrases will give some small indication of the importance of a library trustee. As a holder of the public trust, the trustee adds a duty of the highest community importance to what is already a busy schedule. For only dedicated community leaders are sought as trustees. They give valuable time, knowledge and expertise to establish policy and determine funding. A trustee is accountable to the public for the kind and quality of library service delivered to the community. A trustee is a citizen working without pay on behalf of a publicly-financed institution, a citizen whose only authority is collective within the context of the board. A good library system is as necessary to the total health of a community as a good school system. Trustees work toward the very best possible library service. This community has indeed been fortunate in having (and having had) some of the finest and most dedicated men and women available. |
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| Trustees Through The Years... | ||
Mrs. Asael E. Adams (Anna Julia Shook) 1922-1947 Richard Brown 1881-1903 William J. Brown 1964-1981 Paul C. Bunn 1949-1957 Henry A. Butler 1928-1932 Joseph G. Butler, Jr. 1915-1927 Andrew Lyman Button 1934-1935 Richard Calvin 1972-Present Mary D. Campbell 1888-1893 Emanuel N. Catsoules 1985-2004 Dr. Novetus H. Chaney 1903-1915 Dr. Ida Clarke 1900-1922 John Hessin Clarke 1883-1900 Augustus B.Cornell 1881-1894 Millicent Counts 1990-Present Arabella Crandall 1920-1941 Alvin C. Craver 1908-1912 Delores Crawford 1993-Present Dr. John S. Cunningham 1881-1885 Anna Jean Cushwa 1983-1988 Harry Dechend 1926-1935 Benjamin F. Defendeifer 1949-1969 Judge Mary DeGenaro 2003-Present Louisa Maria Edwards 1919-1940 Arthur W. Einstein 1940-1951 The Rev. Dr. Homer J. R. Elford 1973-1988 J. Fred Essig 1957-1958 Mason Evans 1889-1921 Susannah A. Felton 1904-1920 Dr. Thomas D. Y. Fok 1973-Present John Willard Ford 1933-1954 Tod Ford 1889-1901 George Lincoln Fordyce 1903-1931 Joseph Friedman 1951-1957 Rebecca Fordyce Gayton 1932-1963 Dr. David Genaway 1993-1998 William T. Gibson 1881-1908 Hugh W. Grant 1934-1943 Wells R. Griswold 1905-1934 Rt. Rev. Msgr. Alfred J. Heinrich 1957-1964 Judge Charles P. Henderson 1953-1981 James A. Henderson 1925-1928 Bernard Hirshberg 1904-1930 Julia A. Hitchcock 1881-1888, 1891-1901 William J. Hitchcock, Jr. 1942-1972 Mrs. William J. Hitchcock 1881-1891 Rt. Rev. Msgr. Glenn W. Holdbrook 1966-1971 |
Dr. James A. Houck 1985-1990 Josephine Houser 1993-Present R. Frank Huntley 1979-Present Betty J. H. Jagnow 1981-1993 C. Gilbert James, Jr. 2005-Present George F. Jewett 1894-1901 Dr. Howard W. Jones 1937-1982 Mrs. Julius Kahn 1934-1937 Kenneth M. Lloyd 1940-1985 Michael J. Lyden 1949-1973 Robert McCurdy 1884-1904 James Harris McEwen 1891-1897, 1901-1919 Samuel W. McKeown 1885-1889 Reuben McMillan 1880-1898 Mrs. Reuben McMillan 1899-1902 Kenneth L. McMillin 1971-1985 William Frederick Maag, Jr. 1922-1964 William A. Maline 1897-1933 John L. Marsh 1926-1970 James J. Meehan 1996-Present Jacobus Meerman 1987-1993 Jerold S. Meyer 1957-1981 Harold E. Moore 1990-Present Henry C. Muckley 1885-1886 Mrs. David Nicolls 1971-1972 Norman L. Norris 1919-1925 Guion Osborn 1963-1989 Sarah E. Pearson 1881-1886 Robert L. Pegues, Jr. 1971-1980 Mrs. Sarah J. Peterson 1886-1897, 1901-1948 J. F. William Ritter 1928-1948 Dr. David Ritchie 1997-Present Henry M. Robinson 1901-1905 Myron Roh 1971-1993 Ms. Virginia Shorten 1973-1992 Dr. Thomas A. Shipka 2003-Present Cyrus B. Sill 1887-1889 Ralph Skerratt 1981-1986 Clarence R. Smith 1989-Present William L. Spencer 1955-1997 John Stambaugh 1884-1889 Elizabeth Szabo 1981-1982 Marshall Tannehill 1973-1996 David Theobald 1881-1887 Mrs. David Theobald 1889-1903 Paul J. Thomas 1958-1972 David Tod 1903-1917 Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph N. Trainor 1944-1956 Frederick Truedley 1886-1903 Chase Tomson Truesdale 1917-1926 Dr. Frederick S. Whitslar 1880-1885 John C. Wick 1883-1903 Paul Wick 1883-1890 James P. Wilson 1897-1933 Kenneth J. Wilson 1981-2002 John H. Yerian III 2003-Present Michael Sciortino, Mahoning Co. Auditor Current |
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| 2008 Trustee Officers Dr. David Ritchie, President Kathryn G. Bennett, Vice President Susan G. Merriman, Treasurer Tina McBane, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer/Secretary |
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| In October 1990, to ensure a more broad representation of the community which it serves, the Library Board of Trustees reorganized to include seats nominated by the following: Mahoning County Commissioners, Mahoning County Board of Education, Youngstown State University Board of Trustees, Youngstown State University Foundation, Ohio State Senator, Friends of the Library. At that time, the Mayor of the City of Youngstown and the Mahoning County Auditor were added as ex-officio non-voting seats. | ||
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