Background
Wortzel, Murray N. was born on July 1, 1923 in Brooklyn. Son of Alex and Anna (Weintraub) Wortzel.
Wortzel, Murray N. was born on July 1, 1923 in Brooklyn. Son of Alex and Anna (Weintraub) Wortzel.
AB, Stanford University, 1946; Master of Library Science, Columbia University, 1963; certified, Columbia University, 1974.
Cashier, bookstore manager School Social Work Columbia University, New York City, 1950-1963. Assistant to social science library Hunter College, 1963-1964, social science library, instructor Bronx, 1964-1966. Reference library Herbert H. Lehman College City University of New York, 1967-1979, assistant professor, 1970-1980, periodicals library, associate professor, 1981-1989.
Retired, 1989
Guest lecturer Baruch College City University of New York, 1979. Library United States Operations CUNY/Lehman-Hiroshima College, 1990-1991.
Co-planner, moderator program on The Homeless: On the Streets, in Transit and in Statistics, Special Libraries Association, New York City, 1989. Volunteer Kurt Weill Foundation for Music Archives, since 1989. Planner, participant Special Library.
Association program on the history and future of the social science division's Health and Human Services Roundtable, Pittsburgh, 1990. President Leonard Eisner Memorial Committee, Inc., since 1992. Member American Library Association (numerous committees), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Special Libraries Association (chairman social science division 1974-1975, archivist since 1978, book review editor 1982-1989, secretary-treasurer 1988-1990.
Distinguished Service award New York chapter 1987, Hall of Fame inductee 1989, Professional Excellence award Education Division 1993), Society Work Libraries Group (coord council of social work education, paper presenter 1989, co-planner author forums since 1990), Social Welfare History Group (co-chairman), New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Kappa Delta Pi.