http://www.nlm.nih.gov/do.dir/roster.dir/lindberg.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)
Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D. is Director of the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest library of the health sciences. He was appointed to that position in 1984.
From 1992 to 1995 he served in a concurrent position as Director of the National Coordination Office for High Performance Computer and Communications in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.
In addition to an eminent career in pathology, Dr. Lindberg has made notable contributions to information and computer activities in medical diagnosis, artificial intelligence, and educational programs. Before his appointment as Director of the National Library of Medicine, Dr. Lindberg was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Information Science at the University of Missouri School of Library and Information Science, and Professor of Pathology and Director of the Information Science Group at the University of Missouri School of Medicine. He has current academic appointments as Clinical Professor of Pathology at the University of Virginia and Adjunct Professor of Pathology at the University of Maryland.
Dr. Lindberg was elected the first President of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and, since 1992, he has been a member of the AMIA Board of Directors. He has been called upon to serve on many boards, including the Computer Science and Engineering Board of the National Academy of Sciences, the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care, the American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics, the Organizing Committee for MEDINFO 86, the National Board of Medical Examiners, the Institute of Medicine Advisory Council of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Advisory Council of the International Hospice Institute.
Dr. Lindberg is the author of three books, several book chapters, and more than 150 articles and reports. He has served as editor and editorial board member of nine publications, including the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Lindberg graduated Magna cum Laude from Amherst College and received his M.D. degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Among the honors he has received are Phi Beta Kappa, Simpson Fellow of Amherst College, Markle Scholar in Academic Medicine, Surgeon General's Medallion, the first AMA Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Member of the Executive Branch in Career Public Service, the Walter C. Alvarez Memorial Award of the American Medical Writers Association, the Presidential Senior Executive Rank Award, the Outstanding Service Medal of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Federal Computer Week's Federal 100 Award, Computers in Healthcare Pioneer Award, and honorary doctorates from Amherst College, the State University of New York at Syracuse, and the University of Missouri-Columbia.