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.
Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Louisiana Board of Regents for Higher Education | |
| In office 1977–1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edith Aurelia Killgore November 14, 1918 Lisbon, Louisiana |
| Died | April 15, 2014 (aged 95) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Claude Kirkpatrick (1917–1997; married 1938–his death) |
Biography
Born in Lisbon, Louisiana,[a] she studied at Louisiana College (where she graduated as the Class of 1938 Valedictorian and with a Bachelor of Arts),[2] Juilliard School, and Louisiana State University and was a music teacher in McNeese State University and was a Baptist choir director.[3]
She was appointed to the newly-created Louisiana Board of Regents by Governor Edwin Washington Edwards and served until 1990.[4]
She had four children with her husband, state representative Claude Kirkpatrick.[2] Their daughter-in-law, Sandra Futrell, is a daughter of Mayor of Pineville, Louisiana P. Elmo Futrell, Jr.[5] She published a songbook, Louisiana Let's Sing, during her husband's 1963 gubernatorial campaign.[6]
Her alma mater gave Kirkpatrick a Distinguished Alumni Award and an honorary doctorate,[3] and along with LSU offers a endowed music professorship named after her.[7]
She died on April 18, 2014.[4]