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William Dosite Postell
Library Director 1959 - 1974
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William D. Postell, Sr. retired after 21 years as Director of the LSU Medical School
Library in 1959 and came to Tulane to succeed Ms. Marshall. He served as president
of the Medical Library Association (1952/53) and was founding president of
the association's Southern Chapter. He was an authority on Southern medical
history and the author of numerous books and articles on the subject, among
them The Health of Slaves on Southern Plantations published
in 1951 by the Louisiana State University Press and reprinted in 1970 by Peter
Smith.
It was under his direction that the libraries of the Orleans Parish Medical Society and Tulane School of Medicine were finally merged into one. They had previously existed side by side in the School of Medicine. He served as Library Consultant to the State Division of Hospitals, and Coordinator of the Louisiana Hospital Library Extension Program. He was the recipient of the Marcia C. Noyes Award from the Medical Library Association for outstanding achievement in medical librarianship as well as the Culver Award from the Louisiana Library Association for distinguished service to Louisiana librarianship.
After his retirement in 1974, he served as medical historian at Tulane and in 1980, he was named Librarian Emeritus of the medical school. He was succeeded by his son, W.D. Postell, Jr. and died in 1982.