Ted Merritt

Ted Merritt was born in 1936. He and his wife, Janet, together have six children and ten grandchildren. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, the University of Bridgeport and holds a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. Merritt served in the US Navy as an engineer officer. He taught English at the elementary and high school levels and served as a superintendent of schools for thirty years.He also served as a Connecticut State vocational rehabilitation counselor and was director of architectural research for six years. After retirement, he moved to Block Island. Merritt is now a boat surveyor and holds a coast guard master’s license.He has captained boats for fifteen years and has been an artist during his retirement. After a decade of being full-time Block Island residents, Janet and Ted are now part-time residents and spend ten months of the year in the Mirabella retirement home, which is part of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.