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 (2014-15), 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 – $1,100 (4); 2009 – $1,300 (4); 2010 – $1,000 (4); 2011 – $1,225 (4); 2012 – $1,250 (4) 2013 – $1,200 (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); 2022 – $2,250 (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 since 2007
Read more on our history:
- The First Decade
- A Commitment To Students
- A Chronology of Firsts
- History Briefs