Meetings

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) giving the presidential address at the Medical Library Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, IL, 1978.

Mr. Clausman became the librarian of the New York University Medical Center in 1955 and in 1959 was appointed Library Curator until his retirement in 1986. Among his many accomplishments in the field of medical librarianship, he served as president of the Medical Library Association and spearheaded the transformation of the NYU Medical Library into an academic department with faculty status for librarians.

Photograph of Jerome S. Coles (1913-1987), MD, delivering remarks at a podium during the 1982 Faculty Campaign Reception. Dr. Coles received his MD from New York University Medical College in 1936. He was elected chairman of the board of the NYU Medical Center in 1976, the first physician to hold the role.