Background
Bentley, Carol Ligon was born on March 8, 1927 in Brownsville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Gavin and Ethel Ligon.
library and information scientist
Bentley, Carol Ligon was born on March 8, 1927 in Brownsville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Gavin and Ethel Ligon.
Bachelor of Engineering, Chicago State University, 1969. Master of Science in Education, Chicago State University, 1973. Master of Science in Education, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, 1979.
Educational Specialist, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, 1989.
Teacher elementary school Oliver Wendell Holmes School, Chicago, 1969—1972. Library, teacher Richard Crane High School, 1972—1974. From instructor to professor Chicago State University, 1974—1999.
Retired, 1999.
Volunteer American Diabetes Association, Chicago, 2003—2006, American Heart Association, Chicago, 2006. Member One Church One School National Planning Committee, 2007—2008. Member of National Museum African American History & Culture (charter member 2010), Chicago State University College Education Alumni Association, National Hook-Up Black Women, Schamburg Center Research in Black Culture, Chicago State University Alumni Association (board directors), Association Black Women in Higher Education (Leadership award 2000), Phi Delta Kappa (director Chicago chapter).
Married Harry Bentley, January 11, 1962. Children: Patrice, Harry Dion.