Medical Library Association | Fellows and Honorary Members : MLA Awards and Honors

MLA Fellow Brief Vitae

Robert Lentz, 1918–1998

Fellowship Conferred: 1978

MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Committee on Certification, Member, 1969–1972
MLA President, 1960–1961
Placement Advisor, 1958–1959
Board of Directors, Member, 1955–1958
Committee on International Cooperation, Cochair, 1954–1958; Member, 1951
Exchange Committee, Member
Micrcocard Committee, Member, 1951–1952

Chapter

Philadelphia Chapter
- Founding Member, 1951
- Chair, 1959–1960

Honors and Awards

MLA

MLA’s Most Notable, 1998
Fellow, 1978

Other Awards

Honorary Life Membership, Philadelphia Chapter MLA

Publications (5 representative)

Articles published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association or Journal of the Medical Library Association are available via PubMed Central.

Lentz RT. Elliott How Morse [MLA president’s page]. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1969 Oct;57(4):406–7.
Lentz RT. A selected bibliography of medicine; comp. for the course in medical bibliography at the Drexel Institute Graduate School of Library Science. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA; 1961.
Lentz RT. Medical librarians protest. Am J Dis Child. 1960;100:950.
Lentz RT. Symposium on types of medical libraries III. the medical school library. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1955 Apr;43(2):188–92.
Lentz RT. World directory of medical schools [book review]. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1954 Oct;42(4):528–9.

Positions

Instructor in Medical Bibliography, Graduate School of Library Science, Drexel Institute of Technology, 1959–1974
Archivist, Thomas Jefferson Medical School, 1975–1998
Director, Thomas Jefferson Medical School Library, 1949–1975
Assistant Librarian, Thomas Jefferson Medical School Library, 1931–1949

MLA published statements about the fellow

Morris C. Transcript of oral history interview with Robert Lentz: [Chicago], 12 and 19 Apr 1984. The Association; 1984. (Print copies of the oral history can be found through the Regional Medical Libraries. An oral history summary and photo are available at http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/lentz_r.html. [cited 23 Jan 2012].)
Honors and Awards. Proceedings 78th Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, June 10–15, 1978. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1979 Jan;67(1):89.
Morse EH. Robert T. Lentz, President, Medical Library Association, 1960–1961. Bull Med Lib Assoc. 1960 Jul;48(3):340–2.

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