Dudley Vernon Yates

Background

Yates, Dudley Vernon was born on October 31, 1932 in Henleyfield, Mississippi, United States. Son of Jerome and Opal Ruth (Burge) Yates.

Education

Bachelor in English, Northeast Louisiana University, 1961. Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1963. Master of Arts, Louisiana State University, 1967.

Advisory Master of Science, Florida State University, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy, Florida State University, 1973.

Career

Assistant director libraries University Southwestern, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1963-1968. Director library Stetson University, DeLand, Florida, 1968-1974. Director library service Tennessee Technology University, Cookeville, 1974-1980.

Director libraries Louisiana Technology University, Ruston, 1980-1986. Director Library Learning Center, chairman library science department Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1986-1991. Director library Prairie View (Texas) Agricultural and Mechanical University, from 1991.

Visiting professor library science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1974, University Texas, Austin, summers 1978, 80. Library evaluator Southern Association Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, since 1970.

Achievements

• Dudley Vernon Yates has been listed as a noteworthy University libraries administrator, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to seaman 1st class United States Coast Guard, 1953-1954. Member American Library Association, Kentucky Library. Association, Southeastern Library.

Association, Tennessee Library. Association (chairman academy section 1977-1978), American Anthropological Association, Modern Language Association, Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Rotary (bulletin editor local club 1978).

Interests

• Avocations: jogging, listening to music.

Connections

Married Sandra Kay Owens. Children— Dudley Keith, David Karl, Sandra Leann.

Father:

Jerome Yates

Mother:

Opal Ruth (Burge) Yates

Spouse:

Sandra Kay Owens

child:

David Karl Yates

child:

Sandra Leann Yates

child:

Dudley Keith Yates