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Wendell L. Wray is an American educator and professor emeritus of education at the University of Pittsburgh. He was born on January 30, 1926 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1948 and his master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1950. He then went on to receive his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh in 1954. Wray has served as a professor of education at the University of Pittsburgh since 1954. He has also served as the director of the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Urban Education from 1974 to 1984. He has also served as the president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children from 1984 to 1986. Wray has authored numerous books and articles on education, including "The Education of Young Children: A Guide for Parents and Teachers" (1985), "The Education of Young Children: A Guide for Parents and Teachers" (1986), and "The Education of Young Children: A Guide for Parents and Teachers" (1987). He has also served as a consultant to numerous organizations, including the National Institute of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the National Academy of Sciences. Wray is married to his wife, Mary, and they have two children. He is 77 years old.

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Occupation Librarian, educator
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 30 January, 1926
Birthday 30 January
Birthplace Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Date of death (2003-08-24) San Francisco, California, US
Died Place San Francisco, California, US
Nationality United States

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2003

After retirement, he moved to Oakland, California, where he was an active member of two Episcopal parishes. He lived in Oakland until his death on August 24, 2003 in San Francisco.

1981

In 1981 Wray was named chief of the Schomburg Center. During his time as director of the Schomburg, the research center began displaying exhibits in a new gallery space and started The Schomburg Collection of Black Children's Literature and Materials. Wray was criticized for hiring Robert C. Morris to be the head of the Center's rare books, manuscripts and archives; activists protested the hiring of a white man to be the head archivist. He resigned in March 1983.

1973

Alex Haley, author of Roots, encouraged and financially supported Wray to study at the Columbia University's new oral history course in the summer of 1973.

In 1973 Wray became a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science. That same year he received the school's Distinguished Alumnus Award. Wray taught courses on library and information science basics like reference and collection development, as well as more specific areas like library services to the underserved, African-American bibliography, and oral history. He retired from the University of Pittsburgh in 1988.

1964

From 1964 to 1965, Wray was the acting director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture during chief Jean Blackwell Hutson's leave of absence. In that role, he planned the Schomburg archival conservation and restoration program and worked to establish an oral history program within the research center.

1959

In 1959 he moved to New York City. Wray worked for fourteen years at branch libraries of the New York Public Library. He directed the NYPL North Manhattan Library Project when it began in 1965 until 1973; the program provided financial support for additional staff and programming to better serve disadvantaged communities.

1952

He returned to Pittsburgh to attend the Carnegie Institute of Technology and became the first African-American man to graduate from that library school, earning his Master of Library Science in 1952.

1926

Wendell L. Wray (January 30, 1926 – August 24, 2003) was an American librarian and educator who was dedicated to preserving African-American history through oral history. He was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh from 1973 to 1988, with a break from 1981 to 1983 while he served as the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Wendell Leonard Wray was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 30, 1926. He grew up in the Beltzhoover neighborhood of Pittsburgh and attended South Hills High School. He served in the U.S. Army and received an honorable discharge in 1946. Receiving a scholarship under the G.I. Bill, he attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. At Bates he was the poet laureate of his class; he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in psychology in 1950.