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4 unusual facts about Chittick


Chittick

William Chittick, leading translator and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical texts

Elizabeth Chittick (1908–2009), American feminist who served as president of the National Woman's Party

Yardley Chittick (1900–2008), for several years the oldest living patent attorney in the United States

Fred Chittick (1868–?), a Canadian ice hockey goaltender for the Ottawa Hockey Club from 1894 until 1901


Elizabeth Chittick

Chittick was the first woman civilian administrator of the U.S. Naval Air Stations in Seattle, Washington and Banana River, Florida, the first woman to be a registered representative of the New York Stock Exchange, and the first female revenue collections officer with the Internal Revenue Service.

In 1978 Chittick became the first woman to address the Oklahoma House of Representatives, a state that had not ratified the ERA.

Neville Chittick

In 1961, Chittick was appointed the first Director of the British Institute in Eastern Africa in Nairobi.

Yardley Chittick

Chittick was a graduate of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and was the first person to attend his 90th reunion in the school's 230 year history.


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