Background
Pitts, Bill was born on January 7, 1934 in Castleton, Kansas, United States.
Pitts, Bill was born on January 7, 1934 in Castleton, Kansas, United States.
Bachelor, Northwestern State College, Alva, Oklahoma, 1957. Postgraduate, Northwestern State College. Postgraduate, We. Washington College Education.
Postgraduate, Portland State College, Oregon.
Curator Northwestrn State College Museum, Alva, Oklahoma, 1964-1974. Director, curator Santa Fe Trail Center, Larned, Kansas, 1974-1983. Director State Museum of Oklahoma History Society, Oklahoma City, 1983-1997.
Retired, 1997
Adjunct instructor Emporia (Kansas) State University, 1978-1983. Grant evaluator Institute Museum Services, 1980—2000.
Member coordinating committee Promotion of Kansas History, 1979-1983. Member council Kansas Committee for Humanities, 1980-1983. Panel member Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council, 1966-1973.
Member Oklahoma History Society. Member American Association Museum (past Oklahoma representative), American Association State and Local History, Mountain-Plains Museum Conference, Oklahoma Museum Association (regional representative 1984-1985, past president), Kansas Museum Association (past president), Santa Fe Trail Association (president 1991-1995), Toastmasters Internat, Okal. Conservation Congress (past president, past secretary).