Background
Millender, Dharathula Dolly was born on February 4, 1920 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Orestes Hood and Daisy Ernestine Eslick.
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Dharathula Dolly Millender
Edit ProfileLibrarian school system administrator
Dharathula Dolly Millender, American librarian, school system administrator. Named Outstanding Women Media, National Association Media Women, 1974; named to, Gary City Hall of Fame, 2003. Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Outstanding Service award 1966), Gary History & Cultural Society, ALpha Kappa Alpha.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Indiana State University, 1941. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1967.
Career
Library., teacher English Bettis Junior College, Trenton, South Carolina, 1941—1942, Pomonkey High School, Laplata, Maryland, 1942—1943. Reformed assistant Library. Congress Netherlands Government, Washington, 1943—1944.
Army library Service Club #2 Military Reserve, Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, 1944. Library Houston Junior High School, Baltimore, 1953—1960. Library, educator Gary School Corporation, Indiana, 1960—1982, member school board, since 1992.
Consultant Center Inner Cities, Chicago, 1969—1972. Media consultant Model Cities Agency, Gary, 1969—1972. Director Peace Lutheran Church Mission Missouri Synod, 1989—2001.
Achievements
Membership
Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Outstanding Service award 1966), Gary History & Cultural Society, ALpha Kappa Alpha.
Interests
Connections
Married Justyn L. Millender, 1943. Children: Naomi Estelle, Justine Faye Preston.
