Dwight T. Pitcaithley was born in Carlsbad, N.M., in 1944. Between 1964 and 1967, he served in the United States Marine Corps in Calif., Hawaii, and Vietnam. Pitcaithley pursued undergraduate and graduate work in history at Eastern New Mexico University (1970, 1971) and received his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University (1976). Professionally, he has served as Chief Historian of the National Park Service (1995-2002), as adjunct professor at George Mason University, Fairfax, Va. (1993-2004) and is currently a Professor in the Department of History at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N.M. (2005- ). Pitcaithley has published numerous articles on the history of the preservation movement and the National Park Service.
From the description of Dwight Pitcaithley papers 1974-2009 [manuscripts]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 233872892
