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 (201-2013) Susan Stephens (2014-15) Laura Trendle Polus (2016-17) Jenna Dooley (2021-
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) 2016 – $1,500 (4) 2017 – $1,575 (4) 2018 – $1,570 (4) 2019 – $1,775 (4) 2020 – $2,000 (4) 2021 – $2,200 (4)
(2014 & 2015 includes one Bob Murray scholarship, funded by his family/friends) (Scholarships were funded entirely by the INBA general fund through 2003; funded partially by INBA and the INBA Foundation 2004 through 2006; funded entirely by the INBA Foundation 2007 forward)
Read more on our history:
- The First Decade
- A Commitment To Students
- A Chronology of Firsts
- History Briefs