David Cohen has turned 100.
David Cohen, named ALA Honorary Member in 2007. is professor emeritus, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College, City University of New York, was nominated for his contributions to multicultural librarianship and intellectual freedom in a career stretching over seven decades. As a school library media specialist and professor, Cohen inspired generations of library school students to initiate library programs and build library collections reaching out to the broadest possible range of ethnic and multicultural populations.
Cohen worked within both the ALA and the New York Library Association to create and support intellectual freedom committees and round tables. He has served as chair of the ALA’s Committee on the Treatment of Minorities in Library Materials and on the ALA Minority Concerns Committee. He was co-founder and coordinator of the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table’s Task Force on Ethnic Materials, which later became the Ethnic Material and Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT). Within the EMIE, he was the founding member of the Jewish Librarians’ Caucus and the founding editor of the EMIE Bulletin.
Cohen was a charter member of the Freedom to Read Foundation, a trustee of the LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund, and a co-founder of the Long Island Coalition Against Censorship. In 2004, in celebration of his 95th birthday, the ALA Council presented Cohen with a proclamation honoring his lifetime achievement in multiculturalism and intellectual freedom.
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If you remember David, as an active and enthusiastic member of ALA, ALA Honorary member, active publisher, and sponsor of the David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award, I hope you will send him a message of good cheer for his 100th birthday! What an accomplishment!
David Cohen, Flushing House, 38-20 Bowne Street, Apt. 429, Flushing, NY
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