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Mary Herner (1937-1997) was a British American pioneer of information science.

Mary Herner was born in Scotland in 1937 and came to the US in 1953. She was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek.

In 1958 with her husband Saul Herner she founded Herner and Company, a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.

She retired as president of Herner in 1996 and died in Fairfax, VA, in 1997.

Relevant Employment

Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy, Washington, DC, 1953-58.
Executive Vice-President, Herner & Company.

Publications

She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.

Offices

Treasurer of ASIS in the late 60s and early 70s.

Source

Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science in 1997.

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-Mary Herner (1937-1997) was a pioneer of information science.
+'''Mary Herner''' (1937-1997) was a British American pioneer of information science.
-== Life ==
-The following brief obituary appeared in the ASIS Bulletin in 1997:
-Mary Herner, who served as treasurer of ASIS in the late 60s and early 70s, passed away on March 9 in Fairfax, Virginia.
+'''Mary Herner''' was born in Scotland in 1937 and came to the US in 1953. She was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek.
-With her husband Saul, in 1958 she founded Herner and Company, a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. She retired as president of Herner in 1996. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.
+In 1958 with her husband [[Saul Herner]] she founded [[Herner & Company|Herner and Company]], a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.
-Born in Scotland, Mrs. Herner was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek. She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.
+She retired as president of Herner in 1996 and died in Fairfax, VA, in 1997.
 == Relevant Employment ==
+*Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy, Washington, DC, 1953-58.
+*Executive Vice-President, [[Herner & Company]].
-* [[Herner & Company|'''Herner & Co.''']]
+== Publications ==
+She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.
-== Contributions ==
-Herner came to the United States in 1953. She worked at: Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy 1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres., Herner & Co. 1958-?
-== Awards ==
 == Offices ==
+*Treasurer of [[ASIST|ASIS]] in the late 60s and early 70s.
-== Papers ==
+== Source ==
-'''Location #1''' No information. In 1995 Saul Herner said he still had her papers; however, at the time of his death in 2002 no decision had been made on their disposition (or on the papers of Saul Herner and their joint company, Herner & Company).
+''Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science'' in 1997.
-* '''Papers dates:'''
-* '''Size:'''
-* '''Includes:'''
-* '''Finding aid:'''
-* '''Source''': Phone conversation with Saul Herner, 9/95.