Robert Wedgeworth
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Robert Wedgeworth is an American librarian who was the founding President of ProLiteracy Worldwide, an adult literacy organization. He is also a former executive director of the American Library Assoc
Wedgeworth (center), alongside Jean E. Lowrie, meeting a Chinese foreign language instructor during a visit by Chinese librarians to the ALA headquarters. October 18, 1973.
Joseph W. Lippincott Award
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The Joseph W. Lippincott Award was established in 1938 by publisher Joseph Wharton Lippincott and is now awarded by the American Library Association.
Robert Wedgeworth
…Science and in 1996 he received the Medal of Honor from the International Council of Archives for his international activities. He was awarded the Joseph W. Lippincott Award in 1989, the Melvil Dewey Medal for professional leadership in 1997 and the Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for achievements in international librarianship…
Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, 2013-Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Peggy Sullivan, 1991 - Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Verner W. Clapp, 1960 - Joseph W. Lippincott Award
Essae Martha Culver, 1959 - Joseph W. Lippincott Award