Edith Patti Pitts was administrative assistant to the University President during the tenures of James J. Tigert, J. Hillis Miller, and J. Wayne Reitz. She was hired by Tigert shortly after his arrival here. Prior to then, Pitts had served as an administrative aide to Senator Claude Pepper. She retired from the University in 1957 and joined the staff of Congressman D.R. "Billy" Mathews. She returned to Gainesville after Mathews retired.
From the guide to the Edith P. Pitts Papers, 1934-1973, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)