PIUG History

Past Officers of PIUG

Years Chairperson Vice-Chairperson Secretary Treasurer Directors-at-Large
1988-1990 Mike Feider   Nancy Lambert Pat Dorler  
1990-1992 Edlyn Simmons John Dudinyak Nancy Lambert Pat Dorler  
1992-1994 Andy Berks Joseph DiSalvo Nancy Lambert Pat Dorler  
1994-1996 Suzanne Elsoffer Vicky Veach Elyse Robinson Pat Dorler  
1996-1998 Vicky Veach Sandra Unger Joan Rogers Pat Dorler  
1998-2000 Sandra Unger Steve Reynolds Karen Wehner Elaine Campbell  
2000-2002 Lucy Akers Ford Khorsandian Sandy Smith Suzanne Robins Stuart Kaback
Edlyn Simmons
Sandra Unger
2002-2004 Lucy Akers Elyse Turner Sandy Smith Suzanne Robins Stephen Adams
Edlyn Simmons
Sandra Unger
2004-2006 Elyse Turner Suzanne Robins Anne Marie Clark Ken Koubek
Stephen Adams
Lucy Akers
Sandra Unger

 

PIUG Service Awards

Pat Dorler In Recognition of Pat's 10 years of service to the PIUG as Treasurer from the founding of the PIUG in 1988 through May 1998 June 1998
Nancy Lambert In Recognition of Nancy's 6 years of service to the PIUG as Secretary from the founding of the PIUG in 1988 through May 1994 June 1998
Barbara Burg In Recognition of Barbara's 3 years of service to the PIUG organizing the PIUG NorthEast Workshops in 1996, 1997 and 1998 April 1999
Adrienne Shanler In Recognition of Adrienne's 3 years of service to the PIUG organizing the PIUG NorthEast Workshops in 1996, 1997 and 1998 April 1999
Elyse Turner In Recognition of Elyse's 12 years of service to the PIUG in championing & facilitating Electronic Communications (PIUG Bulletin Board, Electronic Communications Chair, PIUG Web Mistress) May 2000
Bill Murray In Recognition of Bill's 2 years of service to the PIUG as Email Sysop May 2000
Suzanne Elsoffer In Recognition of Suzanne's 13 years of Service to the PIUG:
Founding Member of PIUG in 1988
PIUG Chair 1994-1996
PIUG Newsletter Editor 1997-1999
PIUG Newsletter Advisor 2000-2001
April 2001
Melissa Dicker In Recognition of Melissa's Service to the PIUG:
Organizing the 1st West Coast Workshop (2000, San Francisco)
Preliminary Planning and Site Selection for the 1st West Coast PIUG Annual Meeting (2002, San Francisco)
April 2001
Dr. Sandra S. Unger Special Recognition Award in appreciation of her superb leadership and countless contributions above and beyond the call of duty, which have done so much to make the PlUG a preeminent force in the world of Patent Information:
Director 2000-2002
Chairperson 1998-2000
Vice Chairperson 1996-1998
Discussion List Sysop 1995-1998
April 2001
Elaine Campbell PIUG Treasurer and Membership Chair 1998 to 2000
Redesigned the PIUG Webpages to add graphics 1998
Designed the PIUG Logo 1998
Participated in the Incorporation of PIUG
Co-signed on PIUG's first Credit Cards
April 2002
Tom Stanton In Recognition of Tom's Service to the PIUG as
Chairman of the PIUG Annual Conference Registration and
Associated Workshop Registrations from 2001 to 2003
May 2003
Ruth Umfleet In Recognition of Ruth's Service to the PIUG championing the capture of PIUG Annual Meetings on videotape and managing the distribution of the videotapes to PIUG Members from 2000 to 2003 May 2003
Elvin Hoel In Recognition of Elvin's Service to the PIUG managing of the PIUG Email Archives, Monitoring Performance, and Troubleshooting Problems from 1998 to 2003 May 2003
Tommy Ebe In Recognition of Tommy’s Service to PIUG in maintaining and updating PIUG's Webpages, 1996 to 2003 May 2004
Ken Koubek In Recognition of Ken's Service to PIUG as Membership Chairman during a period of extraordinary growth in our membership from 2001 to 2004 May 2004
Nancy Lambert In Recognition of Nancy's Service to PIUG as Director and Producer of the IFFI Players from 1999 to 2005 May 2005
Rodney Cruise In Recognition of Rodney's Service to PIUG as Webmaster Extraordinaire from 2002 to 2005 May 2005
Lucy Akers In Recognition of Lucy's Tireless Service to PIUG during a time of extraordinary growth and international expansion as Chairperson May 2005
Richard Kurt In Recognition of Richard’s Service to PIUG:
Analyzing and Evaluating the PIUG Salary Survey, 1999, 2001, 2004
Chairing a Session at the PIUG Annual Meeting, 2006
Chairing the Derwent Committee, 2003–2006
May 2006
Marty Goffman In Recognition of Marty’s Service to PIUG:
Chairing the PIUG NE workshop, 2005
Championing Membership Benefits
Chairing the PIUG email list
May 2006
Helen Yun In Recognition of Helen’s Service to PIUG:
Co-Championing the Membership Directory, 2003
Co-Chairing the Membership Labels Team, 2003-2005
May 2006
Cynthia Yang In Recognition of Cynthia’s Service to PIUG:
Co-Championing the Membership Directory, 2003
Co-Chairing the Membership Labels Team, 2003-2005
May 2006
Doreen Alberts In Recognition of Doreen’s Service to PIUG as:
Annual Conference Sponsorship Committee Chair, 2005-2006
Strategic Planning Committee Chair, 2006-2007
May 2007
Kartar Arora In Recognition of Kartar’s Service to PIUG as:
Annual Conference Exhibits Committee Chair, 2004-2006
Annual Conference Program Committee Co-Chair, 2007
May 2007
Ric Snead In Recognition of Ric’s Service to PIUG for creating webpages for PIUG NE Workshop, 2002-2006 and PIUG Annual Conference, 2003-2007 May 2007

 

Thoughts on PIUG - A collection of remembrances from early members of PIUG on the occasion of the ten-year anniversary celebration (from the September 1998 issue of the PIUG Newsletter)...Some of the early PIUG members reflect on the formation of PIUG.

For more information about PIUG's History, check out:

  • Nancy Lambert's articles: World Patent Information, 1992, 13(3), 149; and Database Searcher 1993, 9(1), 36.
  • Andrew Berks' article: Newsletter of the National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services (NFAIS), Winter 1994.

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