Samuel Griffis
Samuel Griffis works closely with the faculty, staff and students in the Dickinson science building. He assists in the design and fabrication of laboratory experiments and student projects as well as many other tasks including equipment maintenance, animal care and supplies.
Biography
Griffis is originally from upstate NY. He has a background in carpentry/woodworking and general construction. After high school, Griffis spent five years intermittently backpacking around the world and doing carpentry in between. He eventually traveled to Los Angeles and worked in films as head of the art department and prop master as well as in a magic prop house fabricating illusions for performers such as David Blane. Griffis eventually returned home and became a fire technician and type 2 wildland firefighter for the Albany Pine Bush Preserve and the DEC. He would continue to be deployed to six western wildfires and is an active wildland firefighter to this day. After working at Pine Bush, he spent two years at Crystal I.S. as a crystal grown technician growing aluminum nitride crystals for use as sub straights for ultra violet LEDs. Griffis joined Bennington as a union carpenter in 2019 before becoming a technician for the science department in 2021. Griffis uses his diverse background to assist the science faculty and students in the hands on fabrication of projects and experiments.