Eliza Atkins Gleason, American librarian (died 2009)

Eliza Atkins Gleason was the first African American to receive a doctorate in Library Science at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School in 1940. 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.

December 15 is the 349th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 16 days remain until the end of the year.