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Dr. Harold Schoolman Retires After Distinguished Career
Deputy Director for Research and Education Joined NLM in
1970
Harold M. Schoolman, MD, recently stepped down from his position
as NLM Deputy Director for Research and Education. In honor of his
many achievements at the Library, NLM's Board of Regents passed the
following "Resolution of Appreciation" at its May 4th meeting.
- WHEREAS
- Harold M. Schoolman, Deputy Director for Research and
Education of the National Library of Medicine, has served the
Nation for 32 years, first at the Department of Veterans Affairs
as Assistant to the Director for Medical Program Development and
Evaluation and, since 1970, at the National Library of Medicine.
- WHEREAS
- Harold M. Schoolman, as NLM Deputy Director for Research and
Education, has been an administrator nonpareil of all the
Library's research and education activities, and upon occasion has
served as the Acting Director of the Lister Hill National Center
for Biomedical Communications;
- WHEREAS
- Harold M. Schoolman provided distinguished service as Acting
Director of the National Library of Medicine in 1983-1984, ably
maintaining the Library's programs and bolstering the morale of
the staff;
- WHEREAS
- Harold M. Schoolman has been recognized as an expert on many
controversial issues facing the National Library of Medicine, not
the least of these being copyright as applied to health
information, licensing of NLM's databases and federal regulation
of medical software, and is admired as a thoughtful and articulate
champion of the Library's position;
- WHEREAS
- Harold M. Schoolman has played a key role in the development
of important NLM programs including the National Network of
Libraries of Medicine, the acquisition and organization of
non-print educational media, internal NLM research on information
retrieval, and the Unified Medical Language System.
- WHEREAS
- Harold M. Schoolman, who has in the past been honored as
"Alumnus of the Year for Service to the Government" from the
University of Illinois, has also received numerous Federal
commendations, including the NLM and NIH Directors' Awards and the
Superior Service Honor Award from the Department of Health and
Human Services, and is a member of many scientific and medical
associations, including the American College of Medical
Informatics;
- WHEREAS
- Harold M. Schoolman has been a valued colleague of many in the
health community and a good friend to his admiring co-workers, to
whom he was known affectionately as "Hack";
- BE IT RESOLVED
- that the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine
expresses the utmost appreciation to Harold M. Schoolman for his
outstanding service to the NLM, the medical library community, and
to the entire Nation, and wishes him fulfillment and happiness in
his well-earned retirement.
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