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District of Columbia Library Association

DCLA History: Annual Banquets

Date Location Cost (members/non-members) Speaker Attendees
5/23/06 La Tasca $45 / $55 Helen Thomas
White House Correspondent
90 attendees
5/9/05 Woman's National Democratic Club
1526 New Hampshire Ave., N.W.
$45 / $55 Thomas L. Friedman
Pulitzer Prize winning author and columnist for the New York Times
101 attendees
6/1/04 The Occidental Restaurant
1475 Pa Ave., NW
$45 / $51 Bob Woodward
Author & Asst. Managing Editor, The Washington Post
101 attendees
6/2/03 The Monocle on Capitol Hill
107 D St., NE
$35 / $40 Ellen McCulloch-Lovell
Director, Veterans History Project, LC
56 attendees
5/22/02 Willard Hotel
1401 Pa Ave., NW
$40 / $45 Michael Dirda 70 attendees
5/9/01 Marrakesh Restaurant
617 New York Avenue, NW
$30 / $40 Phyllis Richman
Author & Food Crtitc
76 attendees
5/16/00 Doyle Washington Hotel
1500 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
$35 / $45 Juan Williams
Washington Post Correspondent
52 attendees
5/18/99 Westin Grand Hotel
2350 M Street NW
$35 / $45 Francis J. Buckley
Superintendent of Documents
40 attendees
5/19/98 Radisson Barcelo Hotel
P St., NW
$28 Kim Hodgson
General Manager, WAMU
83 attendees
5/22/97 B. Smith's Restaurant
Union Station
50 Mass. Ave., NE
$35 Barbara J. Ford
ALA President-Elect
62 attendees
5/20/96 Tivoli Restaurant
1700 N. Moore St.
Rosslyn VA
$35 Paul E. Peters
Executive Director
Coalition for Networked Information
62 attendees
5/22/95 La Colline Restaurant
400 N.Capital St., NW
$35 Marty Langelan
Author, Self-Defense Instructor
60 attendees
6/18/94 The Washington Club
15 Dupont Circle, NW
$55 DCLA Centennial Gala  
1993 Duke Zeibert's Restaurant
1050 Conn. Ave., NW
$45 Richard Cohen
Columnist
The Washington Post
87 attendees
5/19/92 The Washington Post 1150 15th St., NW $30 / $35 Dr. Vincent E. Reed
Vice President
The Washington Post
93 attendees
6/30/91 National Geographic Soc.
1600 M Street, NW
$35 / $40 Dr. Harm de Blij
Author, Geographer
115 attendees
5/20/90 Tuesday Washington Hotel
15th &.Pa. Ave., NW
$30 / $35 Patricia Fahey
The Comprehensive Illiteracy Elimination Act

Sarah Goodwin
Literacy Volunteers of America

75 attendees
5/23/89 Tuesday Library of Congress
Montpelier Room
Madison Bldg.
$23 / $27 Juan WiIliams
Washington Post Correspondent
91 attendees
5/12/88 Thursday Grand Hyatt 1000
H St., NW
$29 / $35 James Billington
Librarian of Congress
115 attendees
5/21/87 Thursday Charles Sumner School,
17th & M St., NW
$23 / $27 Virginia Hamilton
Children' s Book Author
110 attendees
5/18/86 Potomac River cruise on Diplomat Washington Boat Lines
Pier 4
$28 With SLA None  
5/22/85 National Press Club
14th & F St., NW
$19.50 $24 Dr. Terry Alford
NOVA Community Coll.
Lincoln Assassination
 
5/23/84 Wednesday Women's National Democratic Club
1526 New Hampshire Ave., NW
$18.50 / $22 David McCullogh
Host: PBS series Smithsonian World
120 attendees
5/18/83 Capitol Hill Club
300 First St., SE
$14.50 / $17.50 Dr. Floretta McKenzie
DC Supt. of Schools
 
5/12/82 Woman's National Democratic Club
1526 New Hampshire Ave., NW
$14.50 / $16.50 Kathy Russell Dir. Washington C. Pl
Censorship in 60 Minutes: A Personal Experience
5/21/81 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Caucus Room
  Brigette Weeks
Editor, Book World Washington Post
 
5/30/80 Hotel Washington
15th & Pa. Ave., NW
  Dick W. Hays
White House Conf. on Libraries and Inf. Service
114 attendees
5/8/79 National Press Club
529 14th St., NW
  Elizabeth Drew
Journalist, Author
188 attendees
4/20/78 Capitol Hill Club
300 First St., SE
$8 Eric Moon
ALA President
 
5/12/77 Fort Myer Officers Club $8 Larry McMurtry
Author
 
5/21/76 Hotel Washington
15th & Pa. Ave., NW
Mark Russell
Political satirist
110 attendees
5/14/75 Watergate Terrace
2650 Va. Ave., NW
$11.50 With SLA George Higgins
Author City on the Hill
110 attendees
5/21/74 Hotel Washington
15th & Pa. Ave., NW
$9 Patricia McGerr
Mystery writer
 
5/15/73 GW University Club $7 Roger W.Jones
Chairman, Civil Ser. Com.
"Concepts of Service"
 
6/10/72 Mayflower Hotel   Milton Byam
DCPL Director
"Librarianship: A Wingless Bird or a Rocket to the Moon?"
 
6/12/71 Boat Trip down Potomac      
5/11/70 Washington Hotel $10.95 Edward de Grazia
Author of Censorship Landmarks 1969
 
5/27/69 Tuesday Kennedy Warren 3133 Conn. Ave. $6 Alex Haley
Author, "Our Nation of Minorities"
160 attendees 75th Anniversary
5/16/68 Mayflower Hotel   Stephen D. Isaacs
Wash. Post City Editor
 
5/18/67 Thursday Statler Hilton   Charles Frankel
Asst. Secty. of State for Ed. & Cul. Affairs
 
6/2/54 National Press Club   James Michener
Author
200 attendees 60th Anniversary

 

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