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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Visual Resources Association Contact: Jenni Rodda Visual Resources Association (212) 772-5872 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rebecca Miller Hoort, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Receives 1999 VRA Distinguished Service Award Los Angeles -- February 14, 1999 -- Rebecca Miller Hoort, University of Michigan, is the recipient of the Visual Resources Association's 1999 Distinguished Service Award. The award was presented at the annual VRA members reception which was held on February 10 at the Hotel Inter-Continental Los Angeles in conjunction with the VRA annual conference. The Visual Resources Association annually honors an individual who has achieved a high level of distinction in the field through leadership, research, and service to the profession. Rebecca Miller Hoort is the twelfth winner of the Distinguished Service Award since it was first awarded in 1988 to Christine Sundt, University of Oregon. Last year's winner was Brenda MacEachern, University of Western Ontario. Ms. Hoort was honored for her years of dedicated service to the visual resources profession as author, editor, and leader. Ms. Hoort recently retired from the visual resources profession to explore a new career in graduate student services as Graduate Coordinator with the Department of Biology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Rebecca Miller Hoort served as Associate Editor of the VRA Bulletin from 1985-1996 and edited the Professional Issues column for the VRA Bulletin from 1987-1997. She has written for the VRA Bulletin and Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation. Ms. Hoort has served on the Joint Art Libraries Society (ARLIS)/VRA Task Force on Professional Issues, the VRA Travel Awards Committee, and on the VRA executive board as Vice President from 1991 to 1993.