History of the Friends:
An Events Timeline

Each year, the Friends sponsor a Fall Forum, an Author Dinner, a library staff appreciation luncheon, a "Baskets for Books" basketball game, and offer their assistance with the library's annual used book sale, among other events.

April 6, 1994	Steering Committee initial meeting
October 25, 1994	FoL Organizational Meeting (Elizabeth River Room)
	First President: Dolly Hinton, 1995-1998
April 12,1995	First Annual Author Dinner Speaker: Charlise Lyles Outstanding Achievement Award Winner: Alf J. Mapp, Jr. (Arts & Letters)
May 1, 1995	Staff Appreciation Reception
Nov. 16, 1995	Friends Fall Forum: Military Historians and their Books on World War II
Jan. 29, 1996	Baskets for Books game
April 17, 1996	Second Annual Author Dinner Speaker: Dr. Helen Rountree Outstanding Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Daniel E. Sonenshine (Sciences)
May 7, 1996	Staff Appreciation Reception
Nov. 10, 1996	Friends Fall Forum: Politics and Imagery in the Medieval World
Feb. 1, 1997	Baskets for Books game
April 16, 1997	Third Annual Author Dinner Speaker: Howard Owen Outstanding Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Helen C. Rountree (Sciences)
May 6, 1997	Staff Appreciation Reception
Oct. 5, 1997	Friends Fall Forum: American Cities in the Third Wave
Nov. 6, 1997	John Keegan Book Signing
Dec. 31, 1997	Life Membership category closed
	Second President: Martha G. Rollins, 1998-2001
Jan 17, 1998	Baskets for Books game
Feb. 26, 1998	Michael Sherry Book Signing
April 9, 1998	Fourth Annual Author Dinner Speaker: Dr. Joyce Hoffmann Outstanding Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Maurice R. Berube (Education)
May 1, 1998	Staff Appreciation Reception
July 11, 1998	Summer Workshop: Retrieve and Preserve the Stories and Stuff of Life
Oct. 4, 1998	Friends Fall Forum: A Meeting of the Minds: Emily Dickinson And Twentieth Century Composers
Feb. 16, 1999	Baskets for Books game
April 12, 1999	Fifth Annual Author Dinner Speaker: Mike D'Orso Outstanding Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Wayne K. Talley (Business & Public Administration)
May 12, 1999	Staff Appreciation Reception
June 17, 1999	Reading List: The Future of Kosovo
Nov. 15, 1999	Friends Fall Forum: Interpreting Japanese Culture (Meiko Ishibashi)
Jan 29, 2000	Baskets for Books game
April 3, 2000	Sixth Annual Author Dinner Speaker: Prof. Douglas G. Greene Outstanding Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Robert L. Ash (Engineering & Technology)
May 3, 2000	Staff Appreciation Reception
Oct. 29, 2000	Friends Fall Forum: Works in Progress… (Alf Mapp)
Nov. 29, 2000	Pres. History Lecture: Michael Wood
	Third President: Mary Daniel, 2001-present
Feb. 10, 2001	The Book Guys at Old Dominion
Feb. 22, 2001	Pres. History Lecture: Mark Mazower
Mar. 29, 2001	"The Crisis in Scholarly Publishing"
April 10, 2001	Seventh Annual Author Dinner Speaker: Larry J. Sabato Outstanding Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Carl Boyd (Arts & Letters)
May 17, 2001	Staff Appreciation Reception
Oct. 17, 2001	Pres. History Lecture: John Stilgoe
Nov. 18, 2001	Friends Fall Forum: Impact of the Computer Revolution
Nov. 24, 2001	Baskets for Books game
April 4, 2002	Eighth Annual Author Dinner Speaker: Alex Marshall Outstanding Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Jeffrey H. Richards (Arts & Letters)
May 7 2002	Staff Appreciation Reception
Sept. 12, 2002	Pres. History Lecture: Jonathan Riley-Smith
Nov. 10, 2002	Friends Fall Forum: Art in Science / Math in Nature (Martina Doblin and John Adam)
Jan. 24, 2003	Baskets for Books game
March 20, 2003	Pres. History Lecture: James M. McPherson
April 7, 2003	Ninth Annual Author Dinner Speaker: Sheri Reynolds Outstanding Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Michele Darby (Health Sciences)
May 28, 2003	Staff Appreciation Reception
Nov. 9, 2003	Friends Fall Forum: "The Wright Stuff" (Robert Ash)
Feb. 25, 2004	Baskets for Books game
April 12, 2004	Tenth Annual Author Dinner Speaker: Dr. Gary Edgerton Outstanding Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Cynthia Jones (Sciences)
May 11, 2004	Staff Appreciation Reception
	Fall President's History Lecture
September 2004	Friends Lecture Series: "Death on the Paris Metro, A Nonfiction Account of a 1937 Murder Mystery" - Annette Finley-Croswhite, Associate Professor, College of Arts and Letters. Location: Perry Library, room 151. Time: 2 p.m. Light refreshments.
October 19, 2004	Tenth Anniversary Reception. Location: Perry Library, room 151
November 7, 2004	Fall Forum Speakers: Shaomin Li and Anil Nair, College of Business and Public Administration Topic: “The Tortoise and the Hare: Economic Reforms in China and India” Date/Time: November 7, 2004, 2 p.m. Location: Rm 151, Perry Library (TBA)
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