Adele Lerner (center) with Dr. Robert Braude, the Loeb Librarian at the Medical College, and Kathleen Burke, Esq., vice president–board relations, secretary, and counsel for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, who serves as Hospital liaison to the Archives.
Adele Lerner, who served as archivist for both the Medical College and The New York Hospital for more than 29 years, was honored by friends and colleagues at a retirement reception in January.
When Ms. Lerner was hired in 1972, no true archives in an academic medical center existed anywhere in the country. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, she created a professionally organized, combined archival collection for The New York Hospital, which was chartered by King George III in 1771, and Cornell University Medical College, which was established in 1898, as well as certain related institutions. New York–Cornell's Medical Archives has served as a model for the establishment of other health-science archives in the U.S.
Ms. Lerner's substantial contributions to the field of archival management were recently recognized by members of the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, which honored her with the Archival Achievement Award in October.
In retirement, Ms. Lerner, who lives near Lincoln Center, looks forward to being able to spend more time indulging her love of music.
Joseph DeVito (center) with Philip Hauck (left), interim director of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety, and George Meeker, director of Risk Management.
Joseph DeVito, who served for 20 years as manager of Life Safety Services at Weill Cornell, was honored by friends and colleagues at a retirement reception in the Griffis Faculty Club on Jan. 5 and again at a surprise retirement party hosted by the hospital security department on January 8. "Joe did an outstanding job in protecting College personnel and property and in making sure that we were in compliance with government regulatory agencies," said George Meeker, director of Risk Management for Weill Cornell. Ben Scaglione, director of the Security Department, noted that security staff and Weill Cornell's life-safety staff often work closely together at all hours of the day and night. "We could always rely on Joe to respond quickly and effectively to any special situation," he said.
Mr. DeVito has a home in the Bronx and plans to stay in the city. He is interested in computers and wants to "build one from scratch."