Background
Dutton, Leland Summers was born on March 9, 1905 in Lorain, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph and Evalena May (Summers) Dutton.
Dutton, Leland Summers was born on March 9, 1905 in Lorain, Ohio, United States. Son of Joseph and Evalena May (Summers) Dutton.
Bachelor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1929; Bachelor of Science in Library. Science, Columbia University, 1932; psotgrad., Columbia University, summer 1939.
Assistant loan department, Miami University Library., Oxford, 1929-1931; assistant genealogy and local history, New York Public Library., 1931-1934; loan library, Miami University Library., Oxford, 1934-1938; reference library, Miami University Library., Oxford, 1939-1956; director libraries, department chairman library science, Miami University Library., Oxford, 1956-1959; professor, Miami University Library., Oxford, 1961-1991; research resources library, Miami University Library., Oxford, 1970-1991.
Elder Presbyterian Church. Member American Library Association, Ohio Library. Association (president 1941, Executive Board 1942-1945), Oxford Museum Association (president 1954), College and Research Libraries Association.
Married Ruth Genevieve Clitty, December 24, 1937. Children: Lee Summers, Lynore Evalena.