Davis, Forest K., 1918-2008.

Forest K. Davis (1918-2008) was born on February 1, 1918, in Nashua, New Hampshire, the son of Harold M. and Evangeline Foster Davis. After graduating from Harvard College in 1943, he served in the Army Air Force until the close of WWII. He then married Elizabeth Herriott in 1946; they soon moved to Vermont where Forest Davis was employed by Goddard College for 17 years. He was also the founder of Adamant Press. Davis died April 8, 2008.

Ann Giles Benson (1945-) graduated from Goddard College in 1967 with a degree in South American Studies and Community Development. She earned a Master's degree in Sociology and Community Development from Southern Illinois University in 1973, as well as a Master of Divinity degree from Duke Divinity School in 1986, whereupon she was ordained an Elder in the United Methodist Church. She continued to work in North Carolina as a community developer, health-care and education administrator, and since 1992, as an "itinerant pastor." She met and married her husband, Donald Benson, at Goddard College.

Frank Adams graduated from Goddard College's Adult Degree Program in 1965 before later earning a Master's in Teaching from Antioch-Putney Graduate School. He earned his doctorate from Walden University in Naples, Florida. He worked at the Highlander Folk School (now called the Highlander Research and Education Center) in New Market, Tennessee, in the early 1970s and wrote, Unearthing Seeds of Fire: the Idea of Highlander, with Highlander founder, Myles Horton in 1975.

Royce Stanley Pitkin, known as Tim, was born June 7, 1901, in Marshfield, Vt., the son of Ozias Cornwall and Olive Jane (Severance) Pitkin. In 1923, he was awarded the B.S. degree from the University of Vermont where he majored in agriculture. He received the M.A. and Ph. D. from Columbia University in 1928 and 1933. Pitkin married Helen Kathleen McKelvey in 1924. He taught at various places in New England before being named Director of Goddard Junior College in Barre, Vt. in 1935. Several re-organizations of the Junior College took place until finally Goddard College was founded on new educational principles in 1938. The campus was moved from Barre to Plainfield, Vermont that year and Pitkin remained as President of the College until his retirement in 1969. After his retirement he remained active as a consultant, advisor, and trustee, to many educational institutions. He died in 1986.

From the description of Forest K. Davis collection, 1943-1991. (Vermont Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 779616943