Peggy Sullivan was an American librarian and educator.
12 Facts About Peggy Sullivan
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Peggy Sullivan was elected president of the American Library Association and was a scholar of the history of librarianship.
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From 1952 to 1977, Sullivan held positions of increasing responsibility in public and school libraries.
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Peggy Sullivan directed the national Knapp School Libraries Project for the American Association of School Librarians which had received $1,130,000 to raise the standards of school libraries.
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Peggy Sullivan served on the faculties of the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago Graduate Library School.
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Peggy Sullivan taught on part-time, summer or interim bases at six other library education programs and directed the American Library Association's Office for Library Personnel Resources.
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Peggy Sullivan served as director of the Knapp School Libraries Project.
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In 2004, Peggy Sullivan established the Peggy Sullivan Award for Public Library Administrators.
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Peggy Sullivan presented the Sullivan Award to a faculty member in the NIU College of Health and Human Sciences for achievement in research.
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In 2008, Peggy Sullivan was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership.
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Peggy Sullivan was nominated in recognition of over 50 years of dedicated librarianship during which she wrote the definitive scholarly history of the tenure of Carl Milam and the growth of the American Library Association to an international organization.
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Peggy Sullivan was the only honorary member to have a giant image of her book on a parking garage in the Kansas City Library District.