Mildred M. Jordan
Mildred McMillan Jordan (died October 7, 1965) was an American medical librarian. She was the second director of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library of Emory University, at the time known as the A.W. Calhoun Medical Library. She developed the second ever academic course in Medical library, medical librarianship and was Professor of Medical Bibliography in the Emory University School of Medicine. Her involvement in the Medical Library Association pushed the field of medical librarianship to become professionalized and credentialed. Early life and education Jordan was born in Hartsville, South Carolina. She graduated from Winthrop College with a degree in library science and attained a master's degree in history from Emory University. Career Jordan joined the Medical Library Association in 1932 when she was assistant librarian at Emory's medical library. In 1933 she took over from Mary Myrtle Tye as head of the A.W. Calhoun Medical Library. During World War II, Jordan s ...
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