INBA Female Leadership
First Female Board Member – Madelyn Mervin, WJOL, Joliet, elected October, 1960
First Female Officer – Zona B. Davis, WCRA, Effingham, Recorder, October, 1969
First Female President – Ann Anderson, WCIA-TV, Champaign, elected October, 1977
Subsequent Female Presidents (years served) –
Char Daley (1986) Molly Hall (1989) Gay Martin (1995-96) Michelle Eccles (2006-07) Melissa Hahn (2010-2011 – partial second year)
Jennifer Fuller (2011-2013) Susan Stephens (2014-
INBA Dues Levels
Spring, 1955 $5 Fall, 1971 $10 Spring, 1974 $15
Fall, 1984 $20 Fall, 1990 $25 Fall, 2001 $35
INBA Newsletter Names
1955 Bulletin 1975 NEWSletter 1983 Update
1985 Newsletter 1990 Tune In 1999 tuneIN
INBA Scholarship Levels (# of scholarships in parentheses)
1963 - $200 (1) 1973 - $500 (1)
1975 - $750 (2) 1976 - $750 (2, add 1 $500 internship)
1980 - $750 (3 plus 1 $500 internship) 1982 - $750 (4 plus 1 $500 internship)
1985 - $700 (4, no internship) 2007 - $850 (4)
2008 - $1100 (4) 2009 - $1300 (4)
2010 - $1000 (4) 2011 - $1225 (4)
2012 - $1250 (4) 2013 - $1200 (4)
2014 - $1,100 (5) 2015 - $1,500 (5)
(2014 & 2015 includes Bob Murray scholarships, funded by family/friends)
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