Alfred Decker Keator

Background

Keator, Alfred Decker was born on June 9, 1886 in Accord, New York, United States. Son of Thomas Oliver and Sarah Jane (Decker) Keator.

Education

Studied State Normal School, New Paltz, New York, 1902-1906. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1910. Bachelor of Library Science, State Library School, Albany, New York, 1913.

Doctor of Letters, Lebanon Valley College, 1944.

Career

October 1965). Branch librarian Brooklyn Public Library, 1921. Head technical department Minneapolis Public Library, 1913-1916. Associate librarian Carleton College, 1916-1918.

Librarian U. North Dakota, 1918-1928.

Associate professor library science, 1921-1928. Librarian Reading (Pennsylvania) Public Library, 1928-1940.

Director Pennsylvania State Library, 1940-1951, retired, 1951. Assistant librarian Camp Humphreys, Virginia, 1918.

Achievements

• Alfred Decker Keator has been listed as a noteworthy librarian. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institute American Genealogy. Member American Library Association (councillor 1917, 1919-1921 and 1940-1943), Biblical Society American, Minnesota library association (president 1917), North Dakota library association (president 1919-1921), Pennsylvania library association (president 1933-1934). Mason (32°).; Rotarian.

Wrote: “Congregationalism in Grand Forks,” “American Magazines of Today, Keator Family in America.

Connections

Married Margaret Sievewright Dick, February 5, 1915 (deceased.

Father:

Thomas Oliver Keator

Mother:

Sarah Jane (Decker) Keator

Spouse:

Margaret Sievewright Dick