John Pattillo

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1930-2000

John W. Pattillo was the first Library Director at SPSU. Professor Pattillo received both his BA in History and his Masters of Librarianship from Emory University. Previous to working for SPSU, Mr. Pattillo served three years in the Korean Conflict as part of the Army Security Agency, and also worked at the main library of Georgia Tech from 1956-1966.

John Pattillo was instrumental in bringing in grant funds to the library and aiding in its redesign during the 1980’s. After leaving SPSU in 1991, he worked for the Carter Center Presidential Library until his retirement. Mr. Pattillo was recognized both by his peers in the Georgia Library Association and the Regent’s Academic Committee on Libraries for the University System of Georgia as having contributed greatly over the years to the development of an academic library system within the state.

John W. Pattillo Collection

Mr. Pattillo left SPSU a number of volumes later in his life, along with his substantial coin collection. A sample of some of the items from this collection was featured in a display at the Lawrence V. Johnson Library during October and November of 2005. The collection will be accessible to members of the SPSU community once the Proposed Improvements to the Lawrence V. Johnson Library occur in the division of the Johnson Library Archives and Special Collections.