Betty Harriet Fairfax, 92, passed away November 7, 2010. Betty received her Bachelor of Science degree from Kent State University in Ohio in 1940 and her MS in education from Western Reserve (now Case Western University) in Cleveland in 1944. She was a post-graduate student at Teachers College in New York. She served almost 70 years in education including Cleveland Public Schools (1940-1950) then in 1950 she was recruited by the Phoenix Union High School District to teach at Carver High School, a segregated high school. When the school district was desegregated, she was among the first Black teachers at Phoenix Union High School. In 1969, she was hired as a school counselor at Central High School, and was Dean of Students from 1991 until her retirement in 2006. Betty and her sister Jean established and endowed several educational foundations from the Dan and Inez Wood Fairfax Fund. The most recently established fund will reward students from the class of 2011 at the Betty H. Fairfax High School who successfully earn college degrees. Betty served on community boards including as a consultant to the Del Webb School of Construction at the ASU. She received many awards. Among them: in 2001 the YWCA in Maricopa County honored her with the Tribute to Women Award for her sixty years as an educator; in 2007 Governor Janet Napolitano presented her with a State of Arizona Proclamation recognizing Betty's services to the state.; in 2004 she was selected as one of Arizona Culture Keepers for her enduring passion, philanthropy and leadership, and in 2007 the Phoenix Unified School District named its newest high school the Betty H. Fairfax High School in Laveen, thus significantly honoring Betty as one of its unsung heroes. Her burial will be private, but a public memorial service to celebrate her extraordinary life will be announced at a future date. In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to donate to the Betty Fairfax Fund at the Arizona Community Foundation, which was created to reward the students who graduate in 2011 from Fairfax High and who go on to succeed in college. Betty H. Fairfax is survived by her sister Jean E. Fairfax, many colleagues in civil rights and education and former students.