2001 Penny Crane Award Recipient - John H. (Jack) Esbin
Jack Esbin has been a force in university environments, supporting the computing profession for many years. He began his university career at Illinois State University in 1965, moved to the University of Iowa, and then to the University of Toledo. He then held positions at the J. Preston Levis Regional Computer Center and the City of Toledo, Ohio. He returned to the University of Toledo in 1995 serving as their Director of Administrative Computing and then as the Director of the Year 2000 Project. He retired in 2000.
Jack has received several awards including two NSF Fellowships and the ACM Outstanding Contribution Award, and was elected an ACM Fellow in 1993.
Jack has been a member of ACM and SIGUCCS since 1968. He enthusiastically supports SIGUCCS and ACM and is devoted to making these organizations successful. His extensive involvement with these organizations includes serving for many years on the ACM SIG Board as Chair, Vice-Chair and Council Member; ACM Treasurer; SIGUCCS Newsletter Editor; SIGUCCS Treasurer; Chair of both the SIGUCCS User Services Conference and the Computer Center Management Symposium; Chair of the SIGUCCS Peer Review Committee; and twice Chair of SIGUCCS.