Promoting literacy in Orange County, California, is the main purpose of the Orange County Reading Association (OCRA). Each year, OCRA proudly recognizes a special person in our community who exemplifies OCRA’s spirit by giving them our “Outstanding Contribution to Reading Award.”
OCRA gave this award to the following special people:
2011-2012 – Julie Niles Petersen
2010-2011 – Dr. Erica Bowers
2009-2010 – Nancy Lone-Tollefson
2008-2009 – Joan Lorson
2007-2008 – Phyllis Lebrecht
2006-2007 – Donna Neel
2005-2006 – JoAnne Hale
2004-2005 – Sheryl Nunez
2003-2004 – Mattie Adams
2002-2003 – Pam Wilson-Willmore
2001 – 2002 – Dr. Linda Clinard
2000 – 2001 – Mary E. King
1999 – 2000 – Carol Booth Olson
1998 – 1999 -
1997 – 1998 – Dorothy VerWys
1996 – 1997 – Sue Crosby
1995 – 1996
1994 – 1995 – Hallie Yopp-Slowik & Ruth Yopp-Edwards
1993 – 1994 -
1992 – 1993 – Bonnie Roselle
1991 – 1992 – Dr. Julie Chan
1990 – 1991 – Erline Krebs
1989 – 1990 -
1988 – 1989 – Dorothy VerWys
1987 – 1988 – Diane DeMaio
1986 – 1987 – Joan Macon
1985 – 1986 -
1984 – 1985 – Betty Bond
1983 – 1984 – Kathleen Naylor, Jody Taylor, & Celia Dougherty
1982 – 1983 – Dr. Ashley Bishop, Jim Macon, & Jeanne Philip
1981 – 1982 – Dr. Mary Ellen Blanton, Betty Patterson, & Dr. Norma Inabinette
1980 – 1981 – Millie Tracy, Dr. Donald Ingwerson, & Shirley Ostensoe
1979 – 1980 – Calvin Burt, John McClanahan, & Trisha Bloomfield
1978 – 1979 – Linda Caillet, Peggy Hammer, Judith De Arakal, Deborah Osen Hancock, & Lori Morgan
1977 – 1978 – Anna Pat Irot, Susan Fraim, & Jeannine Dixon
1976 – 1977 – Dr. Harold Graham, JoAnn Washam, & Bill Plaster
1975 – 1976 – Bob Bosanko, Allen Brase, Marilyn Hanley & Ferne Young
1974 – 1975
1973 – 1974
1972 – 1973
1971 – 1972
1970 – 1971
1969 – 1970
1968 – 1969
1967 – 1968
1966 – 1967
1965 – 1966