Awards Committee Chair Susan Berg wrote the following presentation. It was read at the conference by Awards Committee Member Lyle Minter.

The Social Science Division is pleased to present the Thomson Gale Murray Wortzel Award for the third time at Special Libraries Association’s annual conference in Toronto. The Thomson Gale Murray Wortzel Award was established by the Social Science Division in cooperation with Thomson Gale to honor the memory of Murray Wortzel, a long-time member of the Division whose dedication and commitment to both the Division and the Association exemplify the consummate information professional.

Before I tell you more about this year’s winner, let me talk about the inspiration for this award: Murray Wortzel. Murray was a leader in the Social Science Division, serving as chair, archivist, and on numerous division committees, as well as being active in the Association. He was inducted into the SLA Hall of Fame in 1989 and received the Education Division’s Professional Excellence Award in 1993. He was a Renaissance man, devoted to the profession, a lover of music, theater, and art. Murray was an extraordinary and generous mentor, who died in 1997.

Roger Haley, librarian emeritus for the U.S. Senate, and Michael Kolakowski, information research specialist at the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress were the recipients in 2001 and 2003 respectively.

Nominees for the award should demonstrate either specific achievements or sustained excellence in their profession.

Terry Dean is the 2005 winner of the Thomson Gale Murray Wortzel Award.

Terry has been a colleague and friend in the Social Science Division for more than twenty-five years. Her professionalism, dedication, grace, intelligence, humor, caring, and energy in support of the Special Libraries Association and especially the Social Science Division are a model for any involved, active librarian.

In 1990-1992 she was Chair-Elect and Chair of the Social Science Division, responsible for planning our division’s programming for SLA’s annual conference in San Francisco in June 1992. In addition to offering ample advice and desperately-needed encouragement for novice roundtable program planners, Terry used her knowledge of Bay Area resources to make contacts and arrangements for those of us who were feeling quite overwhelmed attempting to plan programs from thousands of miles away. Terry always reaches out to help and encourage others.

Terry was co-chair for the Social Science Division’s 75th anniversary celebrations, which were held at the SLA annual conference in Indianapolis in June 1998. More than co-chair, in fact, she did far more than her share of the work. Terry took charge of the fund-raising efforts, which were very successful, handled logistical arrangements, and guided a day-long series of events. She worked hard to gain support for our dream program from other divisions across the association and from chapters across the country. Her goal was to make Social Science’s anniversary a gift to the entire association, an experience to educate, challenge, and enrich all our members. Our internationally known guest speaker, Doris Kearns Goodwin, drew an audience that filled the convention center’s largest ballroom. Ms. Goodwin’s inspiring address gave us both laughter and tears with her observations about American government, our Presidents, and issues affecting the Nation. The standing ovation and applause were loud and sustained. For several years afterward, Social Science Division received compliments from attendees on the thought-provoking quality of that day’s events.

Terry is a tireless worker with enthusiasm and energy that she uses to ensure success for the Social Science Division. She has served in many other elected and appointed posts for the Special Libraries Association. She has been president and secretary of the San Francisco Bay Region Chapter, member of the association’s strategic planning committee, and member and chair of the SLA nominating committee, charged with selecting talented candidates for association-wide leadership.

Add to this list every office and special task that the Social Science Division has developed over the years. Terry has always said yes and pitched right in. She believes in being involved and giving back to her colleagues. To encourage other members to be involved and active, Terry has participated in several Social Science Division panels and programs. Her presentations often describe the University of California at Berkeley’s Institute for Governmental Studies Library, its mission, and her role there. The IGS library is noted for its valuable collections, expert service, and warm atmosphere, all due in no small part to Terry’s work. When a question is posted to our Social Science Division discussion list or a member needs help to locate an elusive journal article, she is often the first to respond.

And in order that the work of other librarians might be recognized, Terry spent several years developing and securing funding for a biennial award to be presented to a Social Science Division member as a means to salute their contributions to our association and librarianship–this is the Thomson Gale Murray Wortzel Award. Terry works to be sure that others are recognized, rewarded, and inspired by our profession.

Terry Dean displays the best qualities of a professional. She is knowledgeable, thoughtful, outspoken, enthusiastic, generous, untiring, and inspiring. Terry is a worthy recipient of the 2005 Thomson Gale Murray Wortzel Award.