Constance Ann Pettit Scholarship in French
Constance Pettit (1913-1993)
Constance Pettit was born in the Montreal suburb of St. Lambert. She studied French at McGill University and after graduation she moved with her family to 51³Ô¹Ï. After doing secretarial work in the Correspondence Branch of the Ministry of Education, she went to the University of Southern California to obtain a degree in Library Science. On returning to 51³Ô¹Ï she worked in the 51³Ô¹Ï Public Library where she met a History instructor at 51³Ô¹Ï College – Sydney Pettit. As married women were not allowed to work at that time, she resigned at her marriage.
She was a widely read individual with a strong interest in current affairs – the hippy movement, drug culture, Watergate and society in general. She also had a strong sense of civic duty: collecting for charities (this was done door to door in those days), organizing rummage sales for the 51³Ô¹Ï Fire Department Boxing Club and St. Michael’s School, running a cub pack for several years and serving as a board member for Al Anon.
This scholarship was created in 1994 in tribute to her by her son, Robert Pettit (BA Classics 1967), in recognition of her early academic interests.