Background
Chitty, Mary Elizabeth Nickinson was born on April 27, 1920 in Baltimore. Daughter of Edward Phillips and Em Turner (Merritt) Nickinson.
Chitty, Mary Elizabeth Nickinson was born on April 27, 1920 in Baltimore. Daughter of Edward Phillips and Em Turner (Merritt) Nickinson.
Bachelor cum laude, Florida State University, 1941; Master of Arts, Florida State University, 1942; Data Control Language, University of South, 1988.
Teacher, Florida Industrial School for Girls, Ocala, 1942-1943; psychometrist neuropsychiatry department, School Aviation Medicine, Pensacola (Florida) Naval Air Station, 1943-1946; associate editor, Sewanee (Tennessee) Alumni News, University of South, 1946-1962; business manager, managing editor, Sewanee Review, 1962-1965; director finance aid and career services, Sewanee Review, 1970-1980; associate university historiographer, Sewanee Review, since 1980. Freelance editors.
Board of directors Sewanee Civic Association, 1979-1980, 86-88. CONTACT-Lifeline of Coffee and Franklin Counties, 1981-1984. Member of advisory county St. Andrew's Sewanee School, since 1988.
Member Association Preservation Tennessee Antiquities (trustee 1985-1988), American Association of University Women (president Sewanee branch 1975-1977), Florida State University Alumni Association (director) since 1941, permanent president Class of 1941), Mortar Board, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, Kappa Delta.
Married Arthur Benjamin Chitty, June 16, 1946. Children: Arthur Benjamin, John Abercrombie, Em Turner, Nathan Harsh Brown.