Donald George Trites

Background

Trites, Donald George was born on September 26, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George Herman and Ada Christena (Patten) Trites.

Education

AB, Colgate University, 1963. Master of Education, Tufts University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Syracuse University, 1976.

Career

Teacher, then chair history department, Hamilton (Massachusetts)-Wenham Regionial H.S., 1964-1970; instructor division educational studies, Emory University, Atlanta, 1973-1976; assistant professor educational studies, Emory University, Atlanta, 1976-1981; visiting faculty, Emory University, Atlanta, 1981-1986; executive director, Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc., Atlanta, 1981-1986; executive director, Development Superior vena cava syndrome Strafford County, Inc., Dover, N.H., 1986-1995; founder, president, Jebdas Consulting, Eliot, Maine., since 1995; program manager Mental Retardation Superior vena cava syndrome, State of Maine, Augusta, since 1996. Consultant in human service management and evaluation, United States and Europe, since 1978.

Achievements

• Donald George Trites has been listed as a noteworthy Human service consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors New England Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps. Deacon, First Baptist Church, Melrose, Massachusetts, 1968-1969, Syracuse, New York, 1972-1973. Deacon, Control Congressional Church, Atlanta, 1984-1986.

Member Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, Delta Upsilon.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, gardening.

Connections

Married Ruth Ann Lewis, June 15, 1963 (divorced 1987). Children: Sarah Jeanne, Amy Bray. Married Beverly Jean Baker, April 8, 1989.

Children: Erica Christena, Philip Jameson Granville.

Father:

George Herman Trites

Mother:

Ada Christena (Patten) Trites

Spouse:

Beverly Jean Baker

Spouse:

Ruth Ann Lewis

child:

Erica Christena Trites

child:

Philip Jameson Granville Trites

child:

Amy Bray Trites

child:

Sarah Jeanne Trites