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Ruth Fitzpatrick has taught every age group from preschool to graduate school. She taught in the town of Sharon, MA and the Burnell Campus School, Bridgewater State College. Since retiring, she has supervised student teachers for the University of Northern Iowa.
       During her years at Bridgewater, Ruth hosted two Northeast Regional conferences for NALS. She also planned the 1997 conference in Phoenix, AZ and served as president of NALS. Her greatest contribution to the organization was organizing the NALS archives which are presently housed at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. She served on the NALS Board of Directors from 1991 to 2005. Presently she is a member of the Endowment Board and the Mini-Grant Committee. In 2007 she received the Delta Kappa Gamma State of Massachusetts Achievement Award.