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          <td><font size="+1">Mary Herner</font></td>
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          <td>1937-1997</td>
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Herner &amp; Company
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          <td><b><a href="hernerorg.htm">Herner &amp; Co.</a></b></td>
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          <td>Herner came to the United States in 1953. She worked at:
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            Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy
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            1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres., Herner &amp; Co. 1958-?<br>
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mid 1950s -  
            The following brief obituary appeared in the ASIS Bulletin
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            in 1997: <br>
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            Mary Herner, who served as treasurer of ASIS in the late 60s
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            and early 70s, passed away on
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            March 9 in Fairfax, Virginia.
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            <p>With her husband Saul, in 1958 she founded Herner and
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              fields of information systems, clearinghouses and
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              databases. She retired as president of Herner
Herner &amp; Company, 1110 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 2220, (703)558-8200
              in 1996. Over the years she supervised the company's
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              and became an authority on nuclear medicine.
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            <p>Born in Scotland, Mrs. Herner was a physics honors
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<a HREF="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/herners.htm"><b>Saul Herner</b></a>; <a HREF="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/herner.htm"><b>Mary Herner</b></a>.
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Heatwole H-44; Nonmanipulative correlative index.
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            <b>LOCATION #1</b></td>
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          <td>No information. In 1995 Saul Herner said he still had her
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            papers; however, at the time of his death in 2002 no
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            decision had been made on their disposition (or on the
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            papers of Saul Herner and their joint company, Herner &amp;
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Founded mid 1950s; Does research under contracts with the government as well as conducting informational surveys and designing information systems for private organizations.
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<p> Projects conducted or proposed:  1.  design of experimental classification and coding system for AEC documents;  2.  study of the degree and character of subject slanting of abstracts in indexing and abstracting publications;  3.  development of the Heatwole H-44, a small computer designed specifically for information searching;  4. design of a nonmanipulative correlative index;  5. analysis of the basis for selecting or designing storage and retrieval systems to meet different requirements; 6.  project to test the efficiency of Uniterm indexing and nonmanipulative correlative indexing;  7. experimental keyword index to <i>Cardiovascular bibliography</i>;  8. study of abstracting and indexing services for mental health literature;  9.  compilation and analysis of <i>Science News Media</i>;  10. evaluation of the <i>Chemical Engineering Thesaurus</i>.
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          <td>Phone conversation with <b><a href="herners.htm">Saul
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Phone conversation with <a HREF="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/herners.htm"><b>Saul Herner</b></a>, 9/95.
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ORGANIZATION:

Herner & Company

ACTIVE DATES:

mid 1950s -

ADDRESS:

Herner & Company, 1110 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 2220, (703)558-8200

E-MAIL:

PERSONS INVOLVED:

<a HREF="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/herners.htm">Saul Herner</a>; <a HREF="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/herner.htm">Mary Herner</a>.

MAJOR PROJECTS:

Heatwole H-44; Nonmanipulative correlative index.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Founded mid 1950s; Does research under contracts with the government as well as conducting informational surveys and designing information systems for private organizations.

Projects conducted or proposed: 1. design of experimental classification and coding system for AEC documents; 2. study of the degree and character of subject slanting of abstracts in indexing and abstracting publications; 3. development of the Heatwole H-44, a small computer designed specifically for information searching; 4. design of a nonmanipulative correlative index; 5. analysis of the basis for selecting or designing storage and retrieval systems to meet different requirements; 6. project to test the efficiency of Uniterm indexing and nonmanipulative correlative indexing; 7. experimental keyword index to Cardiovascular bibliography; 8. study of abstracting and indexing services for mental health literature; 9. compilation and analysis of Science News Media; 10. evaluation of the Chemical Engineering Thesaurus.

SOURCE:

PAPERS AT:
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There are extensive papers relating to the work of the Company, but no decision has been made about their desposit.

PAPERS DATES:

SIZE:

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SOURCE:

Phone conversation with <a HREF="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/herners.htm">Saul Herner</a>, 9/95.


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