He was also awarded the Charles Holmes Pettee Medal for Distinguished Service to Mankind by the University of New Hampshire and the Robert Frost Contemporary American Award by Plymouth State College. He was a past president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the New England Teacher Preparation Association, the New Hampshire College and University Council, the New Hampshire Educational Broadcasting Council and the Plymouth Rotary Club. His educational career included services as teacher, researcher and administrator in various New York state communities, the state Department of Education in New Hampshire and 26 years as president of Plymouth Teachers College and Plymouth State College. During his tenure at Plymouth, the college enrollment grew from about 250 to almost 3,500. Also added were five dormitories and two student housing complexes.
Funeral services are private.
Mayhew Funeral Home in Plymouth is in charge of the arrangements. He was employed by Remington Arms in Ilion for 41 years and retired in 1982. He loved to fish, hunt, bowl, read, collect stamps and play cards, but his favorite pastime was watching movies and television. He was a quiet, gentle man. He was predeceased by his parents and two brothers, Earl Potter and Ralph Potter.