Fenton Keyes

Background

Keyes, Fenton was born on January 26, 1915 in New York City. Son of Harold Brown and Elsie Louise (Fenton) Keyes.

Education

AB, Yale University, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1942.

Career

Instructor sociology, Colgate U, 1940-1942; supervisor records, Headquarters 2d Service Command Military Intelligence, Governors Island, New York, 1942-1943; analyst, Department Justice, Washington, 1943; assistant professor sociology, assistant to president, Skidmore College, 1946-1947; business manager, Skidmore College, 1947-1953; vice president, Skidmore College, 1953-1956; dean college, dean graduate school, Texas State College for Women, 1956-1957; dean college, dean graduate school, Texas Woman's U. dean faculty and graduate studies, Texas Woman's U., 1957-1960; president, Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina., 1960-1968; laboratory manager behavioral and social science laboratory, Franklin Institute Research laboratories, Philadelphia, 1968-1970; director academic affairs, College Allied Health Sciences, Thomas Jefferson U., 1970-1972; private consultant, since 1973; free lance writer, since 1973.

Achievements

• Fenton Keyes has been listed as a notable Educational consultant, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chief historian Staff Commanding General China Theater, 1944-1946. Served to captain United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow American Sociological Association.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Dortch Dix, November 18, 1944. Children— Charles Fenton, Janet Keyes O'Connell.

Father:

Harold Brown Keyes

Mother:

Elsie Louise (Fenton) Keyes

Spouse:

Elizabeth Dortch Dix