Biography:

Librarian, library administrator. Born– October 7, 1933, Brewton. Married–Mary Barrows. Education– Samford University, B.A., 1954; Peabody College, M.A.L.S., 1955; Vanderbilt University, Ph. D. . Employed by University of Alabama libraries as a cataloger, 1955-1963, as head of the science library, 1963-1969, acting dean of libraries, 1969-1972; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, director of Libraries, 1973-1994. Member; Alabama Library Association; Southeastern Library Association; American Library Association, Phi Delta Kappa, Beta Phi Mu.  With his wife, Professor Mary B. Jackson, was honored as Phi Delta Kappa Educators of the Year and Chattanooga’s Outstanding Philanthropists of the Year, 2010.  Died September 16, 2011.

Source:

Who’s Who in Library and Information Services, 1982; obituary.

Publication(s):

Masonry in Alabama; a Sesquicentennial History, 1821-1971. Montgomery, Ala.; Brown Printing Co., 1970.