Richard Ogden Pancost

Background

Pancost, Richard Ogden was born on February 12, 1925 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of Maurice Henry and Alice Elizabeth (Ogden) Pancost.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Psychology, U. Oregon, 1949; Master of Social Work, Columbia University, 1951; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1961-1963.

Career

Probation officer, Lane County Circuit Court, Eugene, Oregon, 1948-1949; social worker, Oregon State School Delinquent Boys, Woodburn, 1952-1953; child welfare representative, Oregon State Public Welfare, Portland, 1953-1956; executive director, Parry Center Children, Portland, 1956-1960; program director, then executive director, Children's Village, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1960-1963, 71-75; executive director, Sunny Hills Children's Superior vena cava syndrome, San Anselmo, California, 1963-1970; director, Hawthorne (California)-Cedar Knolls School, 1970-1971; executive director, Children's Home Society California, Los Angeles, 1975-1985; chief consultant, Child Welfare League American, Washington, 1985-1990; senior fellow, Child Welfare League American, Washington, since 1990. Independent consultant, Los Angeles, since 1990. Advocate California Association Adoption Agilysys, 1982-1987.

With United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO.

Achievements

• Richard Ogden Pancost has been listed as a noteworthy Social services administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Orthopsychiat. Association (life), American Association Children's Residential Centers. Member National Association Social Workers, Academy Certified Social Workers, California Association Superior vena cava syndrome for Children (president 1968, 87-88).

Interests

• Avocations: music, sailing, traveling.

Connections

Married Donice Betty Pierce, September 7, 1946. Children: Raymond Lee, Susan Kay Pancost McAdam.

Father:

Maurice Henry Pancost

Mother:

Alice Elizabeth (Ogden) Pancost

Spouse:

Donice Betty Pierce

child:

Susan Kay Pancost McAdam Pancost

child:

Raymond Lee Pancost