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Ethelyn R. Strong
Ethelyn R. Strong, was a native from Protsmouth, Va who was the founding dean in the come up of the Social Work Program at Norfolk State University. Before Social Work became the infamous program it is today, it started as pre-social welfare program offered by the Department of Sociology but once the school received a fund to help further the Social Work education program which started in July 1969.

Education
Dr. Ethelyn R. Strong recieved her BSW from Virginia Union University, in the Norfolk Division, her MSW from Columbia University and her DSW from Catholic University of America. During her journey in receiving her education, she later became a leader of child welfare advocacy and services.