Background
Cross, Dorothy Abigail was born on September 9, 1924 in Bangor, Michigan, United States. Daughter of John Laird and Alice Estelle (Wilcox) Cross.
Cross, Dorothy Abigail was born on September 9, 1924 in Bangor, Michigan, United States. Daughter of John Laird and Alice Estelle (Wilcox) Cross.
Bachelor, Wayne State University, 1956. Master of Arts in Library Science, University of Michigan, 1957. Junior librarian Detroit Public Library, 1957-1959.
Administrative librarian United States Army, Braconne, France, 1959-1961, Poitiers, France, 1961-1963.
Area library supervisor, 1963, assistant command librarian, Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1963-1967, acquisitions librarian, Aschaffenburg, Germany, 1967, Munich, Germany, 1967-1969, senior staff library specialist, Munich, 1969-1972, command librarian, Stuttgart, Germany, 1972-1975, deputy staff librarian, Heidelberg, Germany, 1975-1977. Chief librarian 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg (North Carolina), 1977-1979.
Chief automatic data processing section Pentagon Library, Washington, 1979-1980, chief readers services branch, 1980-1983, director, 1983-1991.
Junior library Detroit Public Library., 1957-1959. Administrative library United States Army, Braconne, France, 1959-1961, Poitiers, France, 1961-1963, area library supervisor France, 1963, assistant commissioned library Kaiserslautern, Germany, 1963-1967, acquisitions library Aschaffenburg, Germany, 1967, Munich, 1967-1969, senior staff library specialist, 1969-1972, commissioned library Stuttgart, Germany, 1972-1975, deputy staff library Heidelberg, Germany, 1975-1977. Chief library 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1977-1979.
Chief Automatic Data Processing section Pentagon Library., Washington, 1979-1980, chief readers services branch, 1980-1983, director, 1983-1991.
Member American Library Association, University of Michigan Alumni association, Delta Omicron.