JEFFERSON COUNTY, FL (WTXL) — Dr. George W. Pittman Sr. spent decades shaping students in Jefferson County as a teacher and principal before retiring in 1993. Dr. George W. Pittman Sr., a Jefferson County education leader and World War II veteran, is turning 100 years old this Saturday, Aug. 1st. Born in Monticello, Florida, on Aug. 1, 1926, Pittman graduated from Jackson County Training School in 1945 and served as a Corporal in the United States Army/Air Force Corps from 1945 to 1946. After his military service, Pittman earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with a Minor in Biology from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University in 1950, followed by a Master's Degree in Secondary School Administration and Supervisory of Discipline from FAMU in 1956. He later received an honorary Doctorate in Religious Education from Union Baptist Theological Seminary in Albany, Georgia. Pittman's career in education spanned decades. He served as a teacher in the Jackson County School District, an instructor at North Florida Suwannee River Junior College, Assistant Principal at Howard Middle School in 1958, Head Principal at Howard Academy High School in 1965, Head Principal at Howard Middle School from 1969 to 1985, and Head Principal of Jefferson County Adult Education from 1985 to 1993. "I'm truly blessed to be around good people. My mother always told me stay around nice, good people, and I've good some nice, good-looking people around me," Pittman said. Throughout his life…
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