Background
Carpenter, Donald Blodgett was born on August 20, 1916 in New Haven. Son of Fred Donald and Gwendolen (Blodgett) Carpenter.
Carpenter, Donald Blodgett was born on August 20, 1916 in New Haven. Son of Fred Donald and Gwendolen (Blodgett) Carpenter.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University Vermont, 1938. Postgraduate, Sonoma State University, 1969. Postgraduate, Mendocino C. College, 1977.
Postgraduate, College of Redwoods, 1985.
Reporter, Burlington (Vermont) Daily News, 1938-1939; guide chair operator, American Express County, New York World's Fair, 1939; underwriter, G.E.I. Corporation, Newark, 1939-1940; sales correspondent, J. Dixon Crucible Company, Jersey City, 1940-1941; assistant office manager, priorities specialist, J. Dixon Crucible Company, Jersey City, 1941-1942; sales representative, J. Dixon Crucible Company, San Francisco, 1946-1952; field supervisor, Travelers Insurance Company, San Francisco, 1952-1958; general agent, General American Life Insurance Company, San Francisco, 1958-1959; western supervisor, Provident Life & Accident Insurance Company, San Francisco, 1959-1960; brokerage supervisor, Aetna Life Insurance Company, San Francisco, 1960-1961; maintenance consultant, J.I. Holcomb Manufacturing Company, Mill Valley, California, 1961-1968; educational service representative, Marquis Who's Who, Inc., Mill Valley, California, 1963-1968; sales representative, Onox, Inc., Mendocino, California, 1965-1968; teacher, coach, Mendocino Junior-Senior High School, 1968; real property appraiser, Mendocino County, 1968-1981; instructor, College of Redwoods, 1985-1987; real estate appraiser, Carpenter Appraisal Superior vena cava syndrome, 1982-1988; retired, Carpenter Appraisal Superior vena cava syndrome, 1988.
Active numerous civic organizations. Co-chairman Citizens for Sewers, 1971-1972. Member Mendocino County Safety Council, 1981.
Sponsor member Mendocino Art Center, 1965-1996. With United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Lieutenant Commander, commanding officer research unit, 1967-1968, retired, 1968.
Member Reserve Officers Association United States (life, chapter president 1954-1956, state vice president 1958-1961), Military Officers Association (life, chapter survivors assistance area counselor 1979-1996, chapter scholarship committee 1986-1991), Save-the-Redwoods League, Marines Memorial Association, Mendocino County Employees Association (director 1981), Mendocino County History Society, Mendocino History Research Inc. (docent 1982-1988), National Association Uniformed Services (life), Mendocino Coast Genealogical Society (president 1991-1993), National Retired Teachers Association, California Retired Teachers Association, Vermont Retired Teachers Association, Chittenden Retired Teachers Association, Naval Order United States (life), Naval Reserve Association (life), Navy League United States (life), United States Naval Institute (life), American Diabetes Association, Alumni Association University Vermont (founding president San Francisco Alumni Club 1964), Chittenden County Alumni Association, Mendocino Coast Stamp Club (charter, director 1983-1996, president 1994, vice president 1995), Rotary International (club president 1975-1976, district governor area representative 1977-1978, district ambassadorial scholarship committee 1978-1981, 89-90, district group study exchange committee 1981-1988, 90-93, club historian 1989-1996, district foun. alumni committee 1991-1992, Paul Harris fellow since 1979, Rotarian of Years 1969-1988, District Governor award 1974, 76, 96, Certified Achievement for outstanding service 1993-1994), American Legion (post Commander 1972-1973, State Citation for outstanding community service 1972, past commanders California, life), Veterans of Foreign Wars 1997 (life), Vermont History Society 1997, Mendocino Coast Land Development Corporation (director 1991-1997, executive vice president 1995-1997), Mendocino Cardinal Booster Club (charter, life, president 1971), University Vermont Catamount Club (charter), Old Mill Club, Kappa Sigma (Scholarship-Leadership award 1937-1938).
Married Barbara Marvin Adams, June 28, 1941 (deceased August 1978). Married Lee Burker McGough, December 28, 1980 (divorced April 1987). Children: Edward G.(deceased September 2000), John D., William V., Andrew J., Dorothy J., James J. McGough.