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Life

1923-2002

An obituary of Saul Herner appeared in the Washington Post, Oct. 12, 2002, Metro Section, P. B06.

Relevant Employment

U.S. Army
New York Public Library
NYU
Herner & Co.

Contributions

Research chemist, US Army Air Corps 1945-46; Chemical reference librarian, NY Public Library 1946-48; Engineering librarian, NYU 1948-50; Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53; Head librarian plant group, Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56; Pres., Herner & Co. 1956-?.

Awards

Offices

Papers

LOCATION #1 Even though Mr. Herner had considerable papers relating to his professional work and the work of his company, Herner and Co., it has not been possible to determine the fate of these papers after his death in 2002.

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Location #2 Chemical Heritage Foundation

Papers dates: Oral history interview conducted by Robert V.Williams, 16 July 1997 for the CHF.
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Source: http://www.chemheritage.org/exhibits/ex-oral-detail.asp?ID=164&Numb=1

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 == Life ==
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+An obituary of Saul Herner appeared in the Washington Post, Oct. 12, 2002, Metro Section, P. B06.
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+== Relevant Employment ==
-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.
+* U.S. Army
+* New York Public Library
-She worked at: Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy 1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres., Herner & Co. 1958-?
+* NYU
+* Herner & Co.
-Herner came to the United States in 1953. 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.
 == Contributions ==
-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.
+Research chemist, US Army Air Corps 1945-46; Chemical reference librarian, NY Public Library 1946-48; Engineering librarian, NYU 1948-50; Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53; Head librarian plant group, Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56; Pres., Herner & Co. 1956-?.
-She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.
 == Awards ==
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 == Papers ==
-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).
+'''LOCATION #1''' Even though Mr. Herner had considerable papers relating to his professional work and the work of his company, Herner and Co., it has not been possible to determine the fate of these papers after his death in 2002.
-Dates:
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+* '''Papers dates:'''
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+* '''Includes:'''
+* '''Finding aid:'''
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+'''Location #2''' Chemical Heritage Foundation
-Source: Phone conversation with Saul Herner, 9/95.<center>
+* '''Papers dates''': Oral history interview conducted by Robert V.Williams, 16 July 1997 for the CHF.
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+* '''Source''': <nowiki>http://www.chemheritage.org/exhibits/ex-oral-detail.asp?ID=164&Numb=1</nowiki>