Some One You Should Know.....Dr. Virginia Lacy Jones

 The personification of a wise counselor, an inspired teacher, patient mentor and demanding scholar with a strong sense of humility about herself.
Affectionately known among library educators as "The Dean of Deans," the late Dr. Virginia Lacy Jones was the first director of the Woodruff Library of the AUC and the second dean of the Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University) School of Library Science. Renowned for her scholarship and leadership, Dr. Jones was the second African American to receive a Ph.D. in Library Service, accomplishing this historic feat in 1945 at the University of Chicago. She was active in several professional associations, having received both the American Library Association Honorary Member Award and the Melvil Dewey Award for creative professional achievement of high order.