James W. Donnelly

James W. Donnelly  is remembered as the "Father of the Birmingham Library System".

Donnelly moved to Birmingham fro his native Cincinnati OH after retiring from a brilliant career at Proctor and Gamble. He was a respected industrialist and took to real-estate development and improvement of civic matters. He organized, funded, and led efforts to establish the Birmingham Public Library System -- "one of the finest in the Southeast USA"

See Also:

• Birmingham Public Library
• Donnelly House on Highland Avenue