About Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick
Lived 1918 – 2014 (aged 95). Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick was an American teacher, politician and journalist.
Edith Aurelia Killgore Kirkpatrick (November 14, 1918 – April 15, 2014) was an American music educator and politician who served on the Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education from 1977 to 1989.
Biography Born in Lisbon, Louisiana, she studied at Louisiana College (where she graduated as the Class of 1938 Valedictorian and with a Bachelor of Arts),
She was appointed to the newly created Louisiana Board of Regents by Governor Edwin Washington Edwards and served until 1990. Their daughter-in-law, Sandra Futrell, is the daughter of the Mayor of Pineville, Louisiana, P. Elmo Futrell Jr. She published a songbook, Louisiana Let's Sing, during her husband's 1963 gubernatorial campaign.
Her alma mater, LSU, awarded Kirkpatrick a Distinguished Alumni Award and an honorary doctorate,
She died on April 18, 2014.
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Who was Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick?
American politician
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Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick was born on 14 November 1918 in Lisbon.
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Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick died on 15 April 2014 in Baton Rouge.
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Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick was a teacher, politician and journalist.
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Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick was American.
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