Dorcas Dixon Chaffee

Background

Chaffee, Dorcas Dixon was born on March 13, 1915 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of James Payson and Mary (Russell) Dixon.

Education

AB, Smith College, 1936.

Career

Research assistant, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia, 1938-1942; library, Lyme (N.H.) Town Library., 1956-1971; office manager, Lyme Medical Association, 1956-1966; director, MOVE (Museum Ongoing Venture in Education), Hanover and Lebanon, N.H., 1966-1983; assistant director, Regional Center Education Training, 1977-1983.

Achievements

• Dorcas Dixon Chaffee has been listed as a noteworthy Educational curriculum developer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board incorporators Montshire Museum, Norwich, Vermont, since 1980. Board dirs.Lyme Home Health Agency, 1988-1994. Committee member Lyme Foundation.

Volunteer Lyme Elementary School, since 1990, Lyme Library., since 1952. Member Lyme Democratic Committee, since 1990, Hospice of Upper Valley, Lebanon, since 1975, Lyme Historians Inc., since 1980. Member N.H. Library. Trustees Association, Utility Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Delta Kappa Gamma (honorary).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, writing, reading, playing piano, volunteer work.

Connections

Married Robert Gibson Chaffee, August 24, 1938 (deceased October 1986). Children: Jenifer Dixon Pears, Jonathan Knowlton, Deborah, Daniel Dixon, Sara.

Father:

James Payson Dixon

Mother:

Mary (Russell) Dixon

Spouse:

Robert Gibson Chaffee

child:

Jenifer Dixon Pears Chaffee

child:

Sara Chaffee

child:

Jonathan Knowlton Chaffee

child:

Deborah Chaffee

child:

Daniel Dixon Chaffee