Background
Wray, Wendell Leonard was born on January 30, 1926 in Pittsburgh. Son of Arthur James and Mary Louise (Quarles) Wray.
Wray, Wendell Leonard was born on January 30, 1926 in Pittsburgh. Son of Arthur James and Mary Louise (Quarles) Wray.
AB, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1950. Master of Science in Library Science, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1952. Postgraduate, Mexico City College, 1957.
Librarian Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1952-1959, New York Public Library, 1959-1973. Professor University Pittsburgh, 1973-1981. Chief Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City, 1981-1983.
Professor School-Library and Information Science University Pittsburgh, from 1983. Juror Notable Books committee American Library Association, 1975-1981. Joror American Book awards, 1979-1982.
Consultant Kinte Foundation, San Francisco, 1973-1975, African Heritage Classroom, University Pittsburgh, 1976-1980, 84–, Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, 1981-1982. Consultant Pennsylvania History and Museum Commission.
Served with C.E. United States Army, 1944-1946. Member American Library Association, Pennsylvania Library Association, Oral History Association, History Society Western Pennsylvania, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Sigma Iota, Beta Phi Mu.