Background
Wakefield, Janet Ruth was born on November 29, 1926 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of George Alexander and Ruth Anna (Hall) Wakefield.
Wakefield, Janet Ruth was born on November 29, 1926 in Derby, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of George Alexander and Ruth Anna (Hall) Wakefield.
Bachelor, Connecticut College for Women, New London, 1948. Master of Education, University Vermont, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Vermont, 1978.
Research assistant department psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1949-1950; research assistant department psychology, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, 1950-1951; research assistant department psychology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1953-1954; assistant survey director department interdisciplinary studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1954-1956; psychological counselor, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1966-1978; researcher department psychiatry, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1979-1980; psychologist, Psychological Association Vermont, Burlington, 1979-1981; chief psychologist, Northern N.H. Mental Health & Development Superior vena cava syndrome, Littleton, 1981-1994. Researcher, consultant Weiss Association, Montpelier, Vermont, 1979. Country Village Health Care Center, Lancaster, N.H., 1988-1994.
Vice chairman board trustees Sugar Hill (New Hampshire) Cemetery, since 1996. Secretary Sugar Hill Improvement Association, 1984-1996. Publicity chairman White Mount Garden Club, Sugar Hill, since 1989.
Member Sugar Hill Conservation Commission, since 1995, clerk Sugar Hill Zoning Board of Adjustment, since 1993, vice president North Country Chorus. Member American Psychological Association, New Hampshire Psychological Association (ethics committee 1981-1994), New Hampshire Psychological Association, Profile Club., Inc., North Country Psychologists Journal Club (founder).
Married Donald Gabriel Forgays, December 18, 1948 (divorced July 1979). Children: Janice Anne, Gabrielle, Ian Wakefield, Donal Hall.