Charlotte Leavitt Dyer

Background

Dyer, Charlotte Leavitt was born in New York City. Daughter of Charles Wellford and Clara Gordon (White) Leavitt.

Education

Student, Scarborough School, 1918—1919. Student, Rosemary Hall, 1920—1922. Student, Wykeham Rise, 1923—1924.

Student, Finch School, 1924—1925. Student, University New Mexico, 1928. Bachelor, Barnard College, 1931.

Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1932. AM, University Pennsylvania, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, 1950.

Career

Instructor anthropology Barnard College, 1930—1931. Field trips Kutenai Indians. Instructor School Horticulture, Ambler, Pennsylvania, 1937—1938, Army General School, 1950—1952, University Pennsylvania, 1947—1950, 1953—1967, Yale University, 1957—1958.

Chairman board Open Space. Enlisted WAAC, 1942, later major United States Army, active duty United States Army, 1942-1946, Fort Riley.

Membership

President school board Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1958—1983. Member Pennsylvania Citizens Council Better Schools, 1959. Member council Rock High School Board, 1955—1967.

Member Governor's Council Rural Development, 1971—1976. Supervisor Upper Makefield Township, 1971—1977. Chairman, 1974—1976; chairman solid waste committee Bucks County Association Township Supervisors, 1974—1977.

Founder (with George Bell Dyer), associate director Dyer Institute Interdisciplinary Studies, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1952. Fellow: Company Military Historians. Member: Bucks County Conservation Federation and Open Space (a founder 1969, 1st president 1970-1982), Colonial Dames America (chapter president 1975-1978), American Academy Political and Social Science, Academy Political Science, Alumni Association Graduate School Arts and Sciences University Pennsylvania (co-president 1959-1962), Lanape Hunt (joint master 1976-1978), Faculty (University Pennsylvania), Pi Gamma Mu.

Connections

Married George Bell Dyer, June 26, 1930.

Father:

Charles Wellford Leavitt

Mother:

Clara Gordon (White) Leavitt

Spouse:

George Bell Dyer