MLGSCA would like to acknowledge and honor our members who have retired for their contributions to the profession of Medical Librarianship.
If you would like your name added, please contact the Chair of the MLGSCA Web/Blog Committee to add a name:
- Your full name
- Your last position/title, company name or affiliation, city, state (and country, if outside the US)
- Years in the profession
- Retirement year
Name | Position/Title, Last Company Name or Affiliation, City, State | Years as Professional Librarian | Retirement Year |
Mary Elizabeth Kidwell Aldous | Librarian Wilkins Biomedical Library Naval Health Research Center San Diego, CA |
45 | 2010 |
Naomi Broering |
Dean of Libraries Pacific College of Health and Science (PCOM) San Diego, CA |
52 | 2018 |
Janis Brown |
Associate Director, Systems and Information Technology Norris Medical Library University of Southern California, CA |
42 | 2020 |
Kathleen Carlson |
Education Librarian University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, AZ |
23 | 2018 |
Alan F. Carr |
Associate Director, NNLM Pacific Southwest Region UCLA L. Darling Biomedical Library Los Angeles, CA |
35 | 2020 |
Jacqueline Donaldson Doyle | Head Librarian University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, AZ |
40 | 2013 |
Anna Habetler | Library Manager Kaiser San Diego Library San Diego, CA |
28 | 2005 |
Kelli Ham |
Community Engagement Librarian, NNLM PSR UCLA Biomedical Library Los Angeles, CA |
25 | 2020 |
J. Michael Homan | Director of Libraries Mayo Clinic Libraries Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics Mayo Medical School Consultant Department of Health Sciences Research Mayo Clinic |
43 | 2014 |
Susan Lessick | Head Grunigen Medical Library University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA |
35 | 2009 |
Joyce Clinger Loepprich | Serials Librarian Biomedical Library University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA |
19 | 1988 |
Phylllis Simon Mirsky | Deputy University Librarian Biomedical Library University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA |
40 | 2005 |
Marlene Nourok | Health Sciences Librarian Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Colton, CA |
20 | 2001 |
Sherrill Olsen | Librarian Huntington Hospital Pasadena, CA |
37 | 2013 |
Francis Smith | Arnold Medical Library Strain Clinic & Hospital, Inc. Honolulu, HI |
38 | 2015 |
Eileen Wakiji | Librarian for Health Care Administration, Health Science, Nursing, Physical Therapy & Speech-Language Pathology California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA |
39 | 2015 |
Penny T. Ward | Manager Melisa Reasner McGuire Health Sciences Library Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, CA |
40 | 2011 |
Kay E. Wellik | Director, Library Services Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ |
32 | 2014 |