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In 1979 a group of concerned and committed individuals met on the campus of the University of Minnesota for the first State of the Art Symposium. Under the leadership of Lyman K. "Manny" Steil, those 27 professionals decided to form the International Listening Association.
Founding Members"Any member who joined the Association during the first year and has maintained membership in the Association from that time forward shall be listed in the convention program each year as a founding member" (listed alphabetically). There were about 180 people who joined the ILA during the first year. (Member number precedes name)
(* Denotes Deceased) Listening Legends The first Listening legend was founder Lyman K. "Manny" Steil in 2002. Listening Legends have made an indelible mark on listening and the ILA. Listening Legends was a series of biographies in the Listening Post. Lyman K. "Manny" Steil Ralph Nichols* Andrew Wolvin Carol Grau Larry Barker * Sheila Bentley Wayne Bond Kittie Watson Bob Bolken Melissa Beall Nadine Marsnik Harvey Weiss Erika Vora Jim Floyd Kathy Thompson* (*Denotes deceased) | Lifetime MembersSince the the 1979 Symposium, the ILA has grown to include members from all over the world. Those listed below are Lifetime members. W. Clifton Adams Teruko Akita Alberta Arnold William Arnold Yoshio Asano Beverly Aweve Emmanuel S. A. Ayee Susan Ellen Bacon Larry Barker * Kimberly Batty-Herbert Melissa Beall Sheila Bentley Robert Bohlken Richard Bommelje Wayne Bond Jay Brandon Ila June Brown-Pratt Jerry Catt-Oliason Carolyn Coakley Hickerson * Edie Cole Judith Cole * Pamela Cooper Daniel Corey Diana Corley Schnapp Beth Courtier Carolyn deLisser Peter deLisser Anita Dorczak George Dwyer Sakae Endo Gregory Enos Ella Erway Margaret Fitch-Hauser James Floyd Mary Forestieri Wendy Fraser * Corrine Geeting * William Gehring * Catherine Gifford Michael Gilbert Tim Gilmor Warren Gore* Frances Grant Carole Grau Jennifer Grau Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr. Thomas Hickerson* Joyce Donen Hirschhorn* Bill Holland Richard Hunsaker Margarete Imhof Laura Janusik Nanette Johnson-Curiskis Mark LeBlanc Nadine Marsnik* Sally McCracken Ray McKelvy Justin McKeown Murlene McKinnon Mary Ann Messano-Ciesla Robert Metke * John Murphy Michael Z Murphy Robert Neuleib Linda Wilson Nichols E. Lucile Nichols* Ned Nichols* Ralph Nichols* Jack Nichols Rick Nienow Barbara Nixon Stephanie Noel Lisa Orick-Martinez Kenneth Paulin James Pratt Sara Gayle Pyfrom* Shelby Reigstad Paul Rich Alice Ridge Charles Roberts Arthur Robertson Dee Steil* Lyman "Manny" Steil Sandy Stein* Hiroko Suzuki Frank Thomas Charles Veenstra Rosanne Vogel Harvey Weiss Gil Whiteman Florence Wolff* Andrew Wolvin Debra Worthington Ray Young (*Denotes deceased) For Privacy reasons, some members have requested that their name not be included in this listing. |
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