Francis A. Gregory

Francis Anderson Gregory (8 December 1907 - 27 February 1977){{cite web | url=https://www.geni.com/people/Francis-Gregory/3018172 | title=Francis Anderson Gregory }} was an educator and civic leader{{cite news |title=Francis A. Gregory dies, educator, civic activist |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/146939767 |access-date=3 May 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2 March 1977|id={{ProQuest|146939767}} }} in Washington, DC. The Francis A. Gregory Neighborhood library serving the Fort Davis and Hillcrest communities was dedicated in his name in 1986.

Gregory was a native of Harrisburg, PA and grew up in Washington, DC. He attended Dunbar Senior High School, graduating in 1924. He received Electrical Engineering degrees from Case Institute of Technology (1928) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1932). Gregory served as a teacher, principal and Assistant Superintendent at DC Public Schools.{{cite news |title=Francis Anderson Gregory |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/146799726 |access-date=3 May 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=27 March 1977|id={{ProQuest|146799726}} }} He was involved with numerous civic organizations and concerns, notably serving as the first Black president of the DC Public Library Board of Trustees.{{cite web |title=Black History in Your Neighborhood |url=https://www.dclibrary.org/localblackhistory#:~:text=Francis%20A%20.,the%20Fort%20Davis%2C%20southeast%20neighborhood |website=DC Public Library |date=31 January 2020 |access-date=3 May 2022 |archive-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628220841/https://www.dclibrary.org/localblackhistory#:~:text=Francis%20A%20.,the%20Fort%20Davis%2C%20southeast%20neighborhood |url-status=dead }}

Gregory was married to Nora Drew, sister of renowned surgeon and medical researcher Charles A. Drew.{{cite web |title=Charles Drew Papers |url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/bg |website=Profiles in Science |publisher=National Library of Medicine |access-date=3 May 2022}} They have one son, retired NASA astronaut Frederick Drew Gregory.{{cite web |title=Frederick D. Gregory |url=https://www.alumni.gwu.edu/frederick-d-gregory |website=GWU Alumni Association |access-date=3 May 2022}}