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Frances Howard Retirement

Chinese Art Exhibit

Becky Lyon Named Deputy Assoc. Director of Library Operations

Cravedi Named Liaison Officer

2000 Budget Announced

Long Range Plan Meeting

Son of MEDLINEplus

Rodbell Archive Added To Profiles In Science

New NLM Associates

Dr. Bond Named Board Chair

Altemus and Detweiler Win Award for "Frankenstein"

NLM Honor Awards

Dr. Cassedy Logs 50 Years

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The University of Missouri paid tribute to NLM Director Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD by establishing the Donald A.B. Lindberg Information Center in the Department of Health Management and Informatics. Dr. Lindberg's vision pioneered the application of computer technology to health care by establishing the Information Science Group at MU in 1960. He made notable contributions to information and computer activities in medical diagnosis, artificial intelligence and education programs. From 1975 until he came to NLM in 1984, Dr. Lindberg directed the Health Services Research Center at MU and trained a cadre of early scholars in health information technology. "The contributions Dr. Lindberg has made to this department and to the field of health management and informatics have been immeasurable," said Gordon D. Brown, PhD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Health Management and Informatics. "His work in this area has helped shape this emerging field and has put the University of Missouri on the leading edge in health informatics. It is only fitting that we create a permanent recognition to honor his contribution."

Betsy L. Humphreys, MLS, Associate Director for Library Operations of the National Library of Medicine, has been chosen one of 55 new members of the Institute of Medicine. Current active members elect new members from among candidates chosen for their major contributions to health and medicine, or related fields. Election to the Institute is both an honor and an obligation to work on behalf of the organization in its governance and studies. With their election, members make a commitment to devote a significant amount of volunteer time as members of committees engaged in a broad range of studies on health policy issues. The IOM, a sister organization of the National Academy of Sciences, was created in 1970 to advise the federal government on health policy matters.

Bill Leonard, a producer in NLM's Audiovisual Program Development Branch, has been selected for membership in the "Silver Circle" by the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The Silver Circle was established in 1987 to honor media professionals for their outstanding contributions to the DC television industry over a career spanning 25 years or more. Leonard worked for NBC for 27 years before coming to the Library in 1980. Among the august company in the 1999 class of the Silver Circle are Ted Koppel, Jim Lehrer and Judy Woodruff.

Mark Boguski, MD, PhD, senior investigator with the National Center for Biotechnology Information's Computational Biology Branch, has been selected for the Board of Reviewing Editors of the journal Science. As the journal stated in its letter of notification, "Science's Board must consist of individuals such as yourself who are not only widely respected in their own fields for distinguished research but who also have the breadth to evaluate science outside their own specific area. The outside world looks to this blue ribbon group for their competence and fairness."

Michael J. Gill, an electronics engineer with the Communications Engineering Branch, has been named a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.(IEEE). Senior Member is the highest professional grade for which application may be made and requires experience reflecting professional maturity. Gill joined the NLM staff in 1986.

John Shaw Billings, director of the NLM's 19th-century precursor, the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, 1865-1895, continues to win plaudits. In the December 1999 issue of American Libraries, he came in ninth on a list of the 100 most influential people in American libraries in the 20th century. The magazine noted that Billings earned renown for his remarkable leadership at the Surgeon- General's Library, but also distinguished himself by directing the emerging New York Public Library from 1896 to 1913.

Former NLM Director Frank Bradway Rogers (1914-1987) was number 75 on the American Libraries list of the 100 most influential people in American libraries last century. While at NLM, he became one of the developers of the first automated database for scientific literature, MEDLARS, and supervised its transfer to medical and hospital libraries.

Former NLM Board Chair Dr. Michael E. DeBakey also continues to rack up impressive honors. In November, in commemoration of the United Nations' International Day for Tolerance, he was selected for a Lifetime Achievement Award for his "life-changing accomplishments in medicine and technology." In addition, the Library of Congress, which celebrates its bicentennial in 2000, has tapped him as a "Living Legend." The Library cited him for his remarkable accomplishments in cardiovascular surgery and related fields, which "have influenced our nation and enriched our culture."

Dr. Jeanne M. Spurlock, a member of NLM's Board of Regents from 1989 to 1993, died in November at the age of 78. A psychiatrist, she was for many years an official of the American Psychiatric Association, and served as an advocate for children and minorities in the area of mental health. Most recently, Dr. Spurlock edited Black Psychiatrists and American Psychiatry, a book covering the experiences of African American physicians practicing in the areas of community psychiatry, academia, research and psychoanalysis.

Richard J. Durling, former head cataloguer in the History of Medicine Division (1962-1968), recently passed away. He was the world's foremost expert on the manuscripts and printed books of Claudius Galen. While at NLM, Durling compiled the prize-winning Catalogue of Sixteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine (1967). After leaving Bethesda, he returned to his alma mater, Cambridge University, and then took a post at Kiel University, Germany.

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