Bonnie (Helen) A. Lawlor, Director, District III

Bonnie (Helen A.) Lawlor

Director, District III

Bonnie Lawlor, retired, spent her entire career in STM publishing, beginning as a chemical indexer at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI, now Clarivate) ultimately becoming Executive Vice President, Database Publishing (see: garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v15p280y1992-93.pdf). She later served as Senior Vice President/General Manager of ProQuest’s Library Division (1996-1998), and as Executive Director of the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS 2002-2014). Lawlor earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia), an M.S. in chemistry from St. Joseph’s University (Philadelphia), and an MBA from the Wharton School, (University of Pennsylvania).

She has been an ACS member since 1972.