ALER Laureate Award

This annual award (begun in 1996) recognizes a ALER member and is based on the following criteria:

1) Influence on other reading professionals through mentoring, teaching, and other         activities,
2) Longevity of membership in ALER,
3) Research, publications, and presentations that involve collaboration with students,     teachers, and other professionals, and
4) Participation in ALER conferences/activities such as serving on the Board of               Directors and/or on commissions/committees (conference registration provided).

All ALER Awards are given to individuals to acknowledge special services and/or significant contribution to the ALER Association, or who, by personal example and leadership, have actively contributed to the progress and growth of the ALER Association. Awardees must be members of ALER.

The 2023 recipient is Dr. Seth Parsons

Past Winners

Larkin Page, 2022 (bio)

David Paige, 2021 (bio)

J. Helen Perkins, 2020 (bio)

Jeanne Cobb, 2017
Elizabeth Sturtevant, 2016
Wayne Linek, 2015
Mary Roe, 2014
D. Ray Reutzel, 2013
Judy S. Richardson, 2012
Robert J. Rickelman, 2011
Jack Cassidy, 2010
Nancy Padak, 2009
Victoria J. Risko and Marino Alvarez, 2008
Maria Valeri Gold, 2007
Timothy Rasinski, 2006
Allen Berger, 2005
Donna Alvermann, 2004
Jerry L. Johns, 2003
Linda Gambrell, 2002
Betty S. Heathington, 2001
Jeanette Veatch, 2000
Patricia S. Kosiken, 1999
Albert J. Mazurkiewicz, 1998
J. Estill Alexander, 1997
Lillian R. Putnam, 1996