Distinguished Service Award - Winners, 1994-2009
2009
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Library for the Performing Arts
October 9, 2009
Robert Taylor, Former Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; TLA Vice President (1990-1996); Acting President (1993-1994); and Board Member
Presenter:
TLA President Kenneth Schlesinger (accepted by Rod Bladell on Mr. Taylor's behalf)
2008
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Library for the Performing Arts
October 10. 2008
Richard Wall, Assistant Professor and Humanities Librarian, Queens College Libraries; and Chair of the TLA Book Award Committees, 1996-2007
Presenter:
TLA Past President Kevin Winkler (awarded posthumously to Mr. Wall)
2006
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Library for the Performing Arts
June 2, 2006
Maryann Chach, Director, The Shubert Archive; former TLA Secretary and Board Member
Presenter: Gerald Schoenfeld, Chairman, The Shubert Organization
Madeline Fitzgerald Matz, former Reference and Research Specialist in the Motion Picture and Television Reading Room, Library of Congress; and TLA Award juror
Presenter:
Phyllis R. Klotman, Professor Emeritus of Afro-American Studies, Indiana University
Mary C. Henderson, former Curator, Theatre Collection, The Museum of the City of New York; Editor of TLA’s Performing Arts Resources; theatre historian and teacher
Presenter:
Writer/Critic John Lahr
2004
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Library for the Performing Arts
June 4, 2004
Annette Fern, former Reference Librarian, Harvard Theatre Collection; and TLA Board Member
Presenter: Laurence Senelick
Don B. Wilmeth, Professor Emeritus, Brown University; former TLA Vice President and Board Member
Presenter:
Laura Linney
2002
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Library for the Performing Arts
May 31, 2002
Betty L. Corwin, Curator and Founder, Theatre on Film and Tape, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Presenter:
Director/Choreographer Susan Stroman
Richard M. Buck, Assistant Director, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; and former TLA Secretary/ Treasurer
Presenter:
Alan Pally (accepted by Marian Seldes on Mr. Buck's behalf)
2000
Bernard B. Jacobs Room, 11th Floor Penthouse, Sardi Building
November 9, 2000
Maryann Jensen, Curator, Theatre Collection, Princeton University; and former TLA president
Presenter:
TLA President Susan Brady (officially presented to Ms. Jensen on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2000, at ASTR-TLA reception)
Louis A. Rachow, former Curator, Walter Hampden Library at the Players Club; former TLA president; TLA historian; and Librarian, International Theatre Institute
Presenter:
TLA President Susan Brady
Rod Bladell, Librarian, Theatre Collection, The New York Public for the Performing Arts
Presenter:
TLA Vice President Kevin Winkler
Don Fowle, Librarian, Theatre Collection, The New York Public for the Performing Arts
Presenter:
TLA Vice President Kevin Winkler
1996
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Library for the Performing Arts
May 31, 1996
Dorothy Swerdlove, Former Curator, Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Presenter:
Paul Myers
1994
Sardi’s Eugenia Room
November 18, 1994
Paul Myers, Former Curator, Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Presenters: Bob Taylor and Nena Couch
Last updated: June 19, 2010