Sta.+Cruz,+Esperanza

For her distinguished career of more than four decades dedicated to the cause of Philippine academic librarianship, having served as Chief Librarian of Philippine Womens University, as a professor teaching Library Science in its College of Education with a rank of Associate Professor, and even serving as department chair from 1969-1994, as library accreditor of PACU-COA, as a reviewer for the Civil Service Exams for Librarians, and as one of the organizers of the 1980 IFLA Congress and 7th CONSAL; for being consistently recognized for service as an outstanding librarian as evidenced by her numerous awards such as the PLAI Award for Meritorious Service, PLAI Professional Award, Cirilo B. Perez Award, Severino Velasco Award, Gabriel Bernardo Award, PAARL Outstanding Academic Librarian Award, and the National Centennial Commission Award; and for her remarkable leadership in service to the association, as one of the original charter members of PAARL as Chairperson of the Membership committee in 1973, and through the years, in various capacities as President, officer, board member, speaker/resource person in various PAARL seminars, conferences, and fora.
 * Esperanza A. Sta. Cruz **

Given this 30th day of January 2004, Manila, Philippines