Lucretia McClure, Gilbert J. Clausman, and Erika Love

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Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) with Ms. Lucretia McClure, membership chair of the Medical Library Association, and Ms. Erika Love, President-Elect, at a reception for new and international members of the MLA.

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.