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| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | INVESTITURE YEAR | ASH INVESTITURE | BSI INVESTITURE | HONORS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcaro | Mary | 2021 | A Women’s Wit | Ivy Douglas | |
| Altabet | Gretchen | 2021 | Boswell | ||
| Anderson | Linda | 1995 | Toby, the Curly-Haired Spaniel | ||
| Baesch | John F. | 2008 | Cardinal Tosca | State and Merton County Railroad | |
| Ballinger | Leonora M. | 1995 | The Persian Slipper | ||
| Bensley | Janet N. | 2017 | A Literary Agent | ||
| Blau | Peter E. | 1991 | Ship’s | Black Peter | 2s (1980); MBt (2001) |
| Blumenberg | Taylor | 2018 | A Shade of Anxiety | ||
| Bradley | Mary Ann | 1983 | Mary Watson | Mary Morstan | 2s (2015); The Woman (1993) |
| Bradway | Jeffry | 2010 | Liege in the Lowlands | A Case of Identity | |
| Brennan | MaryKate | 1977 | Kate Whitney | ||
| Briggs | Maribeau | 1996 | Matilda Briggs | ||
| Bush | Michael | 2019 | An Obvious Fact | ||
| Calderone | Joann M. | 1981 | Emilia Lucca | ||
| Cameron | Dana | 2018 | The British Museum | The Giant Rat of Sumatra | |
| Caric | Melinda | 2012 | Less Frontal Development Than I Should Have Expected | ||
| Carlisle | Shannon | 2017 | The Seventeenth Step | Beacons of the Future! | |
| Carter | Shana C. | 2021 | Sarah Cushing | ||
| Cavalluzzi | Carol | 2008 | The Agony Column | ||
| Clark | Deborah P. | 2011 | Annie Harrison | Mrs. Cecil Forrester | |
| Clark | Lois Gardiner | 1976 | Eugenia Ronder | ||
| Cohen | Paula | 1975 | Lady Mary Brackenstall | ||
| Cohen | Susan | 2005 | The Women of Many Nations and Three Separate Continents | ||
| Cooke | Catherine | 2003 | An Idler of the Empire | The Book of Life | |
| Coppola | Joseph A. | 2009 | Cyril Morton, of the Famous Westminster Electricians | The Stranger’s Room | |
| Coppola | Elaine M. | 2009 | Encyclopaedia of Reference | Syracuse | The Woman (2013) |
| Coupe | Carla Kaessinger | 2019 | The Footprints of a Gigantic Hound | The London Bridge | |
| Crane | Linda | 1991 | A Genuine Corot | ||
| Crowens | Elizabeth | 2018 | A Collector of Obscure Volumes | ||
| Dahlinger | S.E. | 1975 | Violet de Merville | The Bruce-Partington Plans | MBt (2001) |
| Darak | Greg | 2017 | Inspector Gregory | The Engineer’s Thumb | |
| de Groat | Greta | 1983 | A Most Unimpeachable Christmas Goose | ||
| Delacroix | DeeDee | 2016 | The Solitary Cyclist | ||
| Devitt | Allan | 2008 | The Criterion Bar | The Dancing Men | |
| Dorler | Susan | 1976 | Isadora Klein | ||
| Doyle | Pj | 1988 | 221A | Ettie Shafter | |
| Eaker | Jenn | 2014 | That Lady in Blue Silk Over Yonder | Mary Sutherland | |
| Ennis | Melissa | 1980 | Ivy Douglas | ||
| Epstein | Audrey | 2008 | Allegro | ||
| Farrell-Johnston | Marian | 1986 | Mrs. Warren | ||
| Faye | Lyndsay | 2008 | The Fascinating Daughter of a California Millionaire | Kitty Winter | |
| Fish | Carol | 2006 | Lady Eva Brackwell | ||
| Fish | Ronald E. | 2013 | The Engineer’s Thumb | ||
| Fisher | Janice | 1991 | A Violet-Tinted Pencil | The Woman (2003) | |
| Fleesak | Margaret J. | 2005 | Lomax the Sublibrarian | ||
| Freeman | Judith | 1986 | The Late Lady Beatrice Falder | ||
| Friedman | Daniel | 2021 | Mercer | ||
| Fromkin | T. Michelle | 1981 | A Certain Gracious Lady | The Missing Three-Quarter | |
| Gioulis | Helen | 2020 | A Grecian Name | ||
| Greene | Paulette | 1977 | The Duchess of Balmoral | ||
| Gregory | Alexian | 2008 | The Coptic Monasteries of Syria and Egypt | The Grimpen Postmaster | |
| Guy | Patricia | 1982 | Mlle. Vernet | Imperial Tokay | |
| Hall | Debra | 2016 | Good-night, Mister Sherlock Holmes | The Woman (2005) | |
| Hannan | Catalina | 2001 | A Basket of Coloured Silks | ||
| Hartnett | Eileen | 2016 | The Sundial in the Garden | ||
| Hartnett | Paul | 2016 | Inspector Baynes | ||
| Herbert | Barbara | 2008 | Pals of the Dook | The Woman (1996) | |
| Herzog | Evelyn A. | Founding | Violet Hunter | The Daintiest Thing Under a Bonnet | |
| Hill | Alexandra | 1979 | Beryl Stapleton | ||
| Hobbs | Don | 2017 | Inspector Lestrade | Inspector Lestrade | |
| Hollis | Sabina H. | 2005 | The Science of Deduction and Analysis | ||
| Holloway | Heather | 2018 | A Small Saucer of Milk | Atlanta | |
| Huber | Christine | 1994 | An Infallible Test for Blood Stains | ||
| Hunt | Linda | 2013 | The Remarkable Explorations of a Norwegian | ||
| Hunt | Harrison | 2013 | A Coffee and Curacao | The Something Hunt | |
| Joffe | Andrew | 2008 | The Dog That Did Nothing in the Night-Time | Sir Charles Halle | |
| Johnson | Roger | 2008 | Shinwell Johnson | Pall Mall Gazette | |
| Karlson | Katherine | 1975 | Kitty Winter | The “Evening Standard” | MBt (1984) |
| Katz | Robert S. | 2008 | Dr. Jackson | Dr. Ainstree | 2s (1995) |
| Katz | Alex | 2013 | Sarasate | Sarasate | |
| Keefauver | Brad | 2008 | Something Hunt | Winwood Reade | |
| Kinnee | June | 2002 | Conductor of Light | Miss Hatty Doran | |
| Kitts | Richard J. | 2008 | The Lyceum Theatre | The Battered Tin Dispatch-Box | |
| Kitts | Francine | 1995 | The Third Pillar from the Left | Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope | |
| Klimchynskaya | Anastasia | 2016 | Bohemian Soul | Old Russian Woman | |
| Kneeland | Jennifer | 2019 | A Touch of the Dramatic | ||
| Knight | Tiffany R. | 2015 | Prima Donna Imperial Opera of Warsaw | Knight’s Place | |
| Kozinn | Sandy | 2000 | Esmeralda | ||
| Krisciunas | Rich | 2022 | The Barrister | William Morris | |
| Laffey | Matt | 2015 | Abe Slaney | ||
| Leal | David L. | 2021 | Tutor and Lecturer at the College of St. Luke’s | ||
| Lewis | Candace J. | 2015 | Art for Art’s Sake | A Little Art Jargon | The Woman (2007) |
| Lewis | Ann Margaret | 2011 | A Vatican Cameo | The Polyphonic Motets of Lassus | |
| Liebman | Joyce Ann | 1987 | Gloria Scott | ||
| Locurto | Elyse | 2003 | Carina at the Albert Hall | ||
| Logan | Carole | 1988 | Annie Morrison | MBt (1988) | |
| MacBird | Bonnie | 2016 | The Professional Enthusiast | Art in the Blood | Hounds (2018) |
| Manifold | Laurie Fraser | 2003 | Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen | ||
| Marlowe | Ann Byerly | 1977 | Rachel Howells | ||
| Martorelli | Nick | 2014 | Mr. Kent | Seventeen Steps | |
| Mason | Stephen Rex | 2016 | The Yellow Fog | The Fortescue Scholarship | |
| Mason | Bill | 2020 | The Famous Government Expert | White Mason | |
| Matetsky | Ira B. | 2017 | The Lawyer Whose Name Was Given in the Paper | The Final Problem | |
| McCallister | David | 2020 | Joyce Cummings | ||
| McKay | Marilynne | 1992 | The Great Dermatologist | Violet de Merville | |
| McKuras | Julie | 1999 | The Compliments of the Season | The Duchess of Devonshire | Hounds (2012) |
| McNabb | Janice | 1986 | L.L. | MBt (1986) | |
| Meer | Michael | 2020 | Reichenbach Fall | The Englisher Hof | |
| Merritt | Russell | 2021 | On the Banks of Allan Water | The Trepoff Murder | |
| Miranker | Emily | 2019 | The Corner of Goodge Street | Lady Hatty St. Simon | |
| Mitchell | Angela | 1975 | The Angelic Fashion of Women | ||
| Montague | Sarah | 1983 | The Duke of Balmoral’s Iris | Violet Smith | |
| Moran | Ursula | 1979 | The Unfortunate Mme. Montpensier | ||
| Morris | Marjorie | 1979 | Helen Stoner | ||
| Morris | Jacquelynn | 2010 | de novo | The Lion’s Mane | |
| Mulligan | Mary Kay | Founding | Martha | ||
| Murdock | Karen | 2008 | May Blunder | ||
| Murray | Margaret | 1991 | Nancy Devoy Barclay | MBt (1994) | |
| Muschler | Carol | Founding | Alice Morphy | ||
| Myers | Nora | 1983 | Norah Creina | ||
| Nadel | William | 2008 | These Modern Gramophones | Bartholomew Sholto | |
| Nash | Dore | 1983 | The Woman at Margate | ||
| Niver | Theodora | 1976 | Mrs. Robert Ferguson | Carina | |
| Noll | Crystal | 2018 | Crystal Palace | Crystal Palace | |
| Nuhn | Dayna | 2001 | Art in the Blood | Lady Clara St. Simon | MBt (1987); ETP (2014) |
| Nunn | Rob | 2021 | Your Old School-Fellow | Elementary | |
| Parker | Laura | 1983 | The Honourable Miss Miles | ||
| Patterson | Linda | Founding | Lady “X” [CHAS] | ||
| Pearson | Roberta | 1980 | Anna | ||
| Peck | Andrew J. | 2008 | The Date Being? | Inspector Baynes, Surrey Constabulary | |
| Perry | Paula | 1980 | Susan Cushing | ||
| Pfeifer | Catherine | 1992 | Mary Morstan | ||
| Polasek | Ashley D. | 2014 | Miss Mary Fraser | Singlestick | |
| Pollak | Marsha | 1981 | Mrs. Neville St. Clair | A Small but Select Library | Hounds (2015); 2s (2022) |
| Potts | Liza | 2020 | Chronicler | ||
| Puhl | Gayle Lange | 2010 | A Glass of Milk | ||
| Purves | Shirley | 2001 | The Ancient Cornish Language | The Dog in the Night-Time | |
| Rachlin | Alan | 2013 | French Gold | ||
| Rahn | B.J. | 1994 | Lady Alicia Whittington | ||
| Redmond | Christopher | 2008 | The Glamour of His Convictions | Billy | MBt (1984); ETP (2013); Hounds (1981) |
| Revels | Tracy J. | 2019 | The Speckled Band | The Black Sequin-Covered Dress | |
| Rhea | Tina | 1988 | Signora Ricoletti | ||
| Rich | Mary Ellen | Founding | La Jeune Fille à l’Agneau | Lady Frances Carfax | |
| Richards | Dana S. | 2011 | An Enigmatic Smile | The Priory School | |
| Ridgway | Priscilla | 1998 | One of Poe’s Sketches | ||
| Riezenman | Paula | 2011 | Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope | ||
| Robare | Rebecca J. | 2005 | Sophy Kratides | ||
| Robinson | Myrtle | 1983 | Vixen Tor | ||
| Robinson | Victoria | 1983 | V.R. | ||
| Rose-Bond | Sherry | 1977 | Grace Dunbar | Violet Hunter | 2s (2008) |
| Rosenblatt | Julia C. | 1977 | Maud Bellamy | Mrs. Turner | 2s (2005); The Woman (1979) |
| Rosenblatt | Betsy | 1988 | Tra-la-la-lira-lira-lay | Lucy Ferrier | |
| Ruby | Greg | 2019 | A Case of Ancient Coins | Bulldog Pin with Ruby Eyes | |
| Rusch | Barbara | 2017 | The Emerald Tie-Pin | The Mazarin Stone | MBt (1989), ETP (2015) |
| Schmidt | Monica M. | 2015 | The Church of St. Monica | Julia Stoner | Hounds (2015) |
| Schnader | Marjorie | 2013 | The Binomial Theorem | ||
| Schpak | Maggie | 2018 | Spanish Diamonds | The Soup Plate Medal | |
| Schroeder | Mary | 1983 | Lady Clara St. Simon | ||
| Shreffler | Philip A. | 2008 | Radix Pedis Diaboli | Jefferson Hope | |
| Silaco | Joan | 2015 | You See, But You Do Not Observe [SCAN] | ||
| Smedegaard | Margaret | 1983 | Mrs. Stewart of Lauder | Criterion Bar | |
| Solberg | Andrew L. | 2008 | Professor Coram | Professor Coram | |
| Stajic | Marina | 1979 | Lady Frances Carfax | Curare | |
| Stek | Robert | 2015 | The Origin of Tree Worship | The Mysterious Scientist | |
| Stetak | Ruthann | 1989 | The Marchioness de Brinvilliers | The Camberwell Poisoning Case | |
| Stinson | Regina | 2012 | Violet Smith | A Little Ribston-Pippin | Hounds (2017) |
| Stix | Dorothy J. | 1992 | A Cabinet Photograph | Martha | The Woman (1971) |
| Subramanian | Sreenivasan | 2016 | Daulat Ras | ||
| Thelwell | Jeanne | 1979 | Lucy Hebron | ||
| Tierney | Pattie | 1983 | Alicia | ||
| Travinski | Marilyn | Founding | Victoria | ||
| Ubaldi | Patricia | 1981 | Madame Lesurier | ||
| Upton | Jean | 1989 | Mrs. Farintosh | Elsie Cubitt | |
| Utecht | Maryellen | 1992 | The Countess of Morcar | ||
| Vande Water | Bill | 2008 | A Very Ordinary Individual After All | An Enlarged Photograph | |
| Vargas | Delia J. | 1983 | Countess d’Albert | ||
| Verrey | Pamela G. | 1977 | Alice [NOBL] | ||
| Vizoskie | Susan | 1995 | A Moss Rose | Mrs. Saunders | |
| Vizoskie | Ben | 2008 | Briarbrae | Alexander Hamilton Garrideb | |
| Wagner | E.J. | 2008 | The Record of Old Cases | ||
| Walker | Lynn E. | 2004 | The Head of a Private School at Walsall | The Long Island Cave Mystery | |
| Walsh | William A. | 2015 | John Hebron | Godfrey Norton | |
| Wein | Richard | 2008 | The Hans Sloane of My Age | Silver Blaze | |
| Wein | Cynthia | 1989 | The Duchess of Devonshire | ||
| Weiner | Janice L. | 2017 | The London Library | Scotland Yard | Hounds (2013) |
| Whitaker | Nancy Lee | 2015 | The Shadow Never Seen | ||
| Wilson | Karen A. | 2014 | A Faithful Scotchwoman | Bartholomew Wilson | |
| Wolder | Burt | 2016 | Intervals of Note-taking and of Meditation | The Third Pillar from the Left | |
| Wolov | Beverly | 1983 | Mrs. Peter Carey | The Woman (1997) | |
| Zahorsky-Reeves | Joanne | 1989 | Mousseline de Soie | Toby | |
| Zaldin | Donny | 2017 | The Last and Highest Court of Appeal | John Hector McFarlane | MBt (1991), ETP (2015) |
| Zatz | Robert P. | 2015 | A Jezail Bullet | ||
| Zeffren | Tamar A. | 2015 | Your Extensive Archives, Watson | The London Library | |
| Zordan | Christopher A. | 2014 | The Chemical Laboratory at Bart’s | Bunsen Burner |






