William F. Cavitt was born July 13, 1940, in Corning, Arkansas, a small town in the northeastern part of the state. His family were tenant farmers who worked very hard. Bill did not like farm work so at the age of 15 he ran off and joined the U.S. Navy. In the navy he progressed through the enlisted ranks very rapidly to Master Chief Petty Officer (E-9), working primarily on top secret projects.
While serving on a small patrol boat in Vietnam, he became interested in education. Having dropped out of school in the 10th grade he was required to complete his high school through the General Education and Development (GED) program. Bill received his high school diploma from Bremington College Adult High School, Bremington, Washington, even though he has never been there.
While serving in Hawaii he entered Chaminade College of Honolulu where he received a Bachelors of General Studies in Sociology and Psychology. Upon being transferred to Pensacola, Florida he entered the University of West Florida where he received his Masters Degree in Psychology.
Bill retired from the navy at the age of 35 and shortly thereafter he started his doctoral program. He was awarded his doctors degree in Education, concentrating on Educational Psychology (primarily in Instructional Systems Design and Development using computer technology).
As an Education Specialist and Education Psychologist with the Federal Government, Bill was responsible for the design and development of various highly technological instructional programs. He served as the Deputy Director of Navy Technical Training at the Chief of Naval Education and Training, Pensacola, Florida where he was in charge of about 70 program managers of instructional systems.
After retiring from the Department of Defense, Bill taught Psychology at Darton College, a small two year college in Albany, Ga. He truly loved his teaching experience at Darton, but the illness and eventual death of his oldest son required him to resign and move back to Pensacola, Florida.
After leaving Darton, Bill went into private practice as a psychotherapist at the Center for Holistic Rational Living and became the director. He gave up his practice to help care for his grandson (Cavitt Izon Breeze) who was born blind. He has been married forty-two years to Patricia Anne (Izon) Cavitt and they have three children: Jennifer, Kimberly, Ernest, and four grandchildren: Rachel, Jacob, Cavitt, and Hannah. Bill is presently an adjunct psychology teacher at Troy University, Florida Region, at Pensacola, Florida. He travels there on the weekends to teach every psychology course offered. He is also the Clinical Counselor at The Naval Support Activity, Panama City, Florida where he treats active duty personnel and their dependents.