Hornback, Miriam (1926-1991) | The American Library Association Archives

Name: Hornback, Miriam (1926-1991)

Historical Note: Miriam Hornback worked for ALA for her entire career. She began as a junior secretary on June 12, 1944. Most notably, she was a longtime secretary to the ALA Council and Executive Board, and she was also a documenter of Council and Executive Board actions from 1969 to 1991. She served ALA for a total of 47 years. In that time, she worked with 47 presidents and seven executive directors, and she attended more than 80 Annual Conferences and Midwinter Meetings. She was a member of ALA for 38 years. She announced that she would retire in January 1992, but she died unexpectedly on April 1, 1991 [1]. ALA has an annual scholarship named in her honor [2].

Sources:

1. "Beloved Association secretariat Miriam Hornback dies suddenly," American Libraries, May 1991, 455.

2. "Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship," American Library Association, http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/miriam-l-hornback-scholarship.

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