ALBANY -- The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected Albany County Clerk Thomas G. Clingan to receive the 2003 William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy.
The award will be presented to Clingan at a luncheon ceremony at the State
Education Department in Albany on November 13, 2003. The award is named after
the late Assemblyman William Hoyt from Buffalo, who was a staunch supporter
of archives and records management in New York State.
The award commends Clingan for his persistent advocacy of sound records management
and archival programs for local governments before the state legislature, the
New York State Association of County Clerks, and the New York State Association
of Counties.
For nearly a decade, he has served as chair of the State Archives Region Three Advisory Committee and has been the State Archives' ombudsman among county clerks. The award also recognizes Clingan's work in Albany County, operating one of the state's finest records management and archives programs.
Previous winners of the William Hoyt Annual Archives Award for Advocacy include former New York State Court of Appeals Associate Judge Joseph W. Bellacosa (2000), the New York State Historical Records Advisory Board (2001), and Oswego County Clerk George J. Williams (2002).
The annual Archives Awards program recognizes outstanding efforts in archives and records management work in New York State by a broad range of individuals and organizations. A complete list of this year's award recipients follows:
William Hoyt Advocacy Award
Thomas G. Clingan, Albany County Clerk
Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository
Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery
William H. Kelly Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program
Development
Ulster County
Cheryl Steinbach Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management
Niagara County
Excellence in State Agency Archival Program Development
Binghamton University
Debra E. Bernhardt Award for Excellence in Documenting New York's History
Consumer/Expatient/Survivor Oral History Project
Regents Award of Distinction for Student Research
Ludlum Elementary School, Hempstead School District
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical
Records, Grades 4-5
Kamisha Anderson, Izeele Riojas, Charisse Strong, Derrick Brown, Luchen Thomas,
Kiarivel Peralta, DeQuan Mitchell, Peter Collins, Stephanie Custillo, Norma
Rivera, Davine Nichols
Joshua Rivera, Gabriel Devoe, fifth graders at P.S. 197 M, Manhattan.
Teacher: Joan Weisberger.
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical
Records, Grades 6-8
Daniel Mann, 8th grader at Felix Festa Middle School, Clarkstown School District.
Teachers: Barbara Kalmar and Laura Padilla
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical
Records, Grades 9-12
Laura Caccavo, 9th grader at Clarkstown High School North
Teachers: Penelope Macias and Christina Teresa Vickery
Bruce W. Dearstyne Educator Award for Excellence in the Use of Local Government
Records
Larry Slanovich, Yorkshire-Pioneer School District, Yorkshire, New York