Eliza Atkins Gleason
Eliza Atkins Gleason was the first African American to receive a doctorate in Library Science at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School. In 1941, she established and became the first Dean of the School of Library Service at Atlanta University and created a library education program that trained 90 percent of all African-American librarians by 1986.
15 December 1909
Born on the same birth date (15 December 1909): Sattar Bahlulzade
Born on the same birth day (15 December): Billy Shaw • Carmine Appice • Genny Lim • Kathleen Blanco • Magdalena Fręch • Maurice Wilkins • Rodney Harrison • Samira Saraya • Tim Gaines
Born in the same month (December 1909): Arvo Askola • Douglas Fairbanks Jr. • Edward Tatum • Hermes Pan • James Riddell (skier) • Jonah Jones • Joseph P. Lash • Matt Gordy • Nikola Vaptsarov • Patricia Hayes • Ronald McKie • Rulon Jeffs • Sattar Bahlulzade • Seichō Matsumoto • Vakkom Majeed • W. A. Criswell • Walenty Kłyszejko • Zora Arkus-Duntov