Clausman, Gilbert Joseph, 1921-

Photograph of Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) presiding over a business meeting at the 1978 annual MLA meeting in Chicago, IL.

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 Mr. Gilbert Joseph Clausman (1921-2011) with Ms. Rita Sue Kane, chair of the Program Committee of the Medical Library Association, at an MLA meeting in Hawaii.

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 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 medical librarian Gilbert Clausman (center) receiving an 1867 diploma on behalf of the New York University School of Medicine Library. To his left: Morris F. Weiner, MD, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College class of 1929. To his right: Reverend David M. Cory, grandson of the physician Dr. David M. Cory, Bellevue Hospital Medical College class of 1867.