Mineola Resident Recipient of Excellence in Teaching Award

May 3, 2005 — Gregory S. Hunter, a Professor in the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, was awarded the 2005 David Newton Award for Teaching Excellence on April 5, 2005. The award is sponsored by Long Island University.

The Mineola resident is a nationally recognized and certified expert in archives and records management and was elected the first president of the Academy of Certified Archivists. He holds a Ph.D. in American History from New York University. Prior to joining the faculty at C.W. Post, Dr. Hunter was Manager of Corporate Records for ITT Corporation World Headquarters and Director of Archival Programs for the United Negro College Fund.

Dr. Hunter has written seven books and numerous articles and given more than 200 of [delete] speeches across the country. The Society of American Archivists (SAA) presented its Waldo Gifford Leland Award to Dr. Hunter for his newest book, Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives (2nd edition). His 2000 book, Preserving Digital Information, received the SAA’s 2001 Preservation Publications Award. Last August, he was named a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists – a prestigious title held by only 5 percent of the society’s more than 3,750 members. In addition to his duties at C.W. Post, Dr. Hunter is serving as Principal Archivist for Lockheed Martin as the company creates a prototype Electronic Records Archives for the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.

A campus-based Newton Awards Committee chooses award recipients based on nominations provided by academic departments or divisions. Presentation, attitude, expectations of students, and professional development and knowledge are the criteria used by the committee to determine teaching excellence. Newton was executive vice-president of Long Island University from 1975 to 1987. Long Island University offered the first Newton Award in 1988. The award is endowed by former Long Island University trustee Abraham Krasnoff.