Dick Ensweiler, longtime president and CEO of the Cornerstone Credit Union League, is set to retire later this month, but organizers behind the new library at America's Credit Union Museum are intent on making sure is legacy is not forgotten.
In a ceremony held Wednesday at the Cornerstone Credit Union League’s Annual Meeting and Expo, Stephanie Smith, executive director of the museum and Michael L’Ecuyer, chairman of the museum, said the facility's library will officially be known as "The Richard L. ‘Dick’ Ensweiler Research Library.”
The library will be located in the to-be-constructed CUNA Research Center building adjacent to America’s Credit Union Museum in Manchester, N.H and will be the “exclusive physical and digital repository” of U.S. credit union history, the Cornerstone league said.
Ensweiler, who will be retiring from the Cornerstone league on April 30, was also presented with a pair of engraved bookends for his personal library.
“Dick and Judy Ensweiler are bigger-than-life credit union leaders who, over decades of service to the movement, worked tirelessly to ensure the credit union brand remains strong, that big and small have opportunities to thrive, and that the cooperative principles that spawned most credit unions in the 1930s continue alive and well today,” said Tony Budet, president and CEO of the $2.1 billion University Federal Credit Union of Austin, Texas. “Dick is a diligent advocate for credit unions, champions innovative collaborative models both in the U.S. and internationally and, through developmental programs focused on young men and women in the movement, has ensured credit unions will be steered well into the future by leaders whose values are fully congruent with those of our founders.”
The museum is entering the “final stretch” of its $3.3 million Legacy Campaign, having raised more than $2.9 million. The campaign dollars will fund the new industry research center and research library, add additional exhibit space, and provide renovations to the existing museum building.
