Caliver, Ambrose, 1894-1962

found: NUCMC data from Fisk Univ. for His Collection, 1912-1938(Ambrose Caliver, 1894-1962; African American educator and administrator at Fisk University; civil servant at the U.S. Office of Education)

found: African American National Biography, accessed January 9, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Caliver, Ambrose; educator, civil servant, college administrator, college president; born 25 February 1894 in Saltville, Virginia, United States; BA from Knoxville College (1915); MA from University of Wisconsin (1920); PhD from Columbia University (1930); organized Tennessee Colored Anti-Tuberculosis Society, was director and chair of its executive committee; publicity director of Fisk University (1925), dean of Scholastic Department, Fisk University (1926) and dean of the University (1927); specialist in Negro Education at the U.S. Office of Education (1930); directed Office of Education's Literacy Education Project (1946-1950); was chief of the Office of Education's Adult Education Section (1955) and president of the Adult Education Association of the United States (1961); died 29 January 1962 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States)