Mary Westermann-Cicio Honored
by Beta Mu Chapter, Beta Phi Mu
Wantagh resident Mary L. Westermann-Cicio, assistant dean of the Palmer
School of Library and Information Science at the C.W. Post Campus of Long
Island University in Brookville, NY, was recently honored by the Beta Mu
Chapter, Beta Phi Mu, the International Library Science Honor Society at
St. John's University.
Westermann-Cicio received the chapter's Golden Anniversary Award in
recognition of her distinguished, significant and consistent contribution
to the profession of library and information studies. The award was presented
as part of a joint initiation ceremony of the Beta Mu (Long Island University),
Beta Nu (St. John's University) and Beta Alpha (Queens College) Chapters.
Beta Mu also honored her with a medal at its annual meeting during the
American Library Association conference in New Orleans in June. She recently
received the Provost's Certificate of Recognition, which honors C.W. Post
staff members who go above and beyond their job descriptions to bring positive
change to the campus.
A distinguished member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals,
Westermann-Cicio is currently working on her Ph.D. dissertation in the
History of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook,
where she received the Jackson Turner Main Award for her work there. She
is also recipient of the Medical Library Association's Murray Gottlieb
Prize, the Catholic Library Association's Librarian of the Year Award,
and the Palmer School Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Award.
For more information call the C.W. Post Public
Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail pr@cwpost.liu.edu
or send mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern
Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.
