Melville Peter Coté

Background

Coté, Melville Peter was born on August 3, 1937 in Willimantic, Connecticut, United States. Son of Wilfred Pierre and Mary Catherine (Grayson) Coté.

Education

Bachelor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1958; Master of Arts in Teaching, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1962; Master of Education, Harvard University, 1966; Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1971.

Career

English teacher, Punthou School, Honolulu, 1962-1965; admission officer, guidance advisor, Harvard Graduate School Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1966-1969; director student affairs, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine., 1970-1977; administrative dean, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine., since 1987; program director, resident advisor, Princeton (New Jersey) Education Center, 1977-1982; administrative vice president, Notre Dame College, Manchester, N.H., 1983-1986.

Achievements

• Melville Peter Coté has been listed as a noteworthy College dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1959-1965. Member Society for Human Ecology (executive director since 1994), Phi Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Poly Swanson, July 25, 1961. Children: Melville Junior, Adam, Quentin.

Father:

Wilfred Pierre Coté

Mother:

Mary Catherine (Grayson) Coté

Spouse:

Poly Swanson

child:

Melville Junior Coté

child:

Adam Coté

child:

Quentin Coté