Established in 1970 by Sterling C. Evans ’21 with his classmate Jeff Dykes ’21, the Friends organization promotes understanding and appreciation of the University Libraries. Mr. Evans served as the first president and pioneered in collection building and fundraising. He championed the Libraries until his death at age 101.

Past Presidents

1971-73 Sterling C. Evans	1992-93 Shirley Neal	2012-13 Debbi Dimmick
1973-74 Jo Harold Dunn	1993-94 Victor Treat	2013-14 Vola Palmer
1974-75 John Paul Abbott	1994-95 Wanda Roberts	2014-15 David Chapman
1975-76 Chan Driscoll	1995-96 Royce Hickman	2015-16 Kathy Steffen
1976-77 John Lindsey	1996-97 Jo Burley	2016-17 Fred Markham
1977-78 Chan Driscoll	1997-98 Shari Robertson	2017-18 Dawn Powell
1978-79 Jeff Dykes	1998-99 Katherine Edwards	2018-19 Deanna Fischer
1979-80 Loran Laughlin	1999-2000 Ron Beard	2019-20 Patty Eberhart
1980-81 Olin Teague	2000-01 Charles Thurston	2020-21 Gary Taraba
1981-82 Fred Benson	2001-02 Harwood Hinton	2021-22 Troie Burch
1982-83 David Stewart	2002-03 Shirley Tingley	2022-23 Cindy Craigen
1983-84 Richard Goodson	2003-04 Jeanne Mitchell	2023-24 James H. Johnson
1984-85 William Stokes, Jr.	2004-05 Sue Anderson	2024-25 Peggy Nolan
1985-86 Buck Weirus	2005-06 David Kaspar
1986-87 Pinky McCully	2006-07 Barbara Clinton
1987-88 John Jacobs	2007-08 Priscilla Meserole
1988-89 W. M. Von Maszewski	2008-09 Larry Mitchell
1989-90 Peggy Erickson	2009-10 George Nelson
1990-91 Shirley Bryan	2010-11 Vic Reid
1991-92 Tim Cockburn	2011-12 Patsy Nichols