Researching Pat Pitney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 125 people with the Pitney surname? In that year Pitney was ranked number 3454 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Pat Pitney on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Pat Pitney and the Pitney Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 145 people with the Pitney surname in the UK? Pitney is now ranked number 3906 for popularity in the UK. |
Pitney Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Pat Pitney
Pat Pitney
Karen Patricia "Pat" Pitney ( Spurgin, born August 10, 1965) is an American university president and sport shooter, now living in Fairbanks, Alaska. Born in Billings, Montana, she competed and won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics. She became the first Olympic Champion in Air Rifle for Women, at the time being an 18-year-old student at Murray State University, Kentucky. She earned a degree in engineering physics from Murray State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is the interim president of the University of Alaska system.
Pitney volunteered as an assistant coach for the Alaska Nanooks at the University of Alaska Fairbanks for almost two decades. The team won nine NCAA Rifle Championships during that time.
The Pat Spurgin Rifle Range at Murray State University is named after her.
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