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

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, she studied at

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(where she graduated as the Class of 1938

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and with a Bachelor of Arts),

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a Private university, private performing arts music school, conservatory in New York City. Founded by Frank Damrosch as the Institute of Musical Art in 1905, the school later added dance and drama programs and became ...

, and

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and was a music teacher in

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and was a

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choir director.''Who's Who Among American Women, 2008–2009'', 27th edition, P.O. Box 44,

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07974 She was appointed to the newly created Louisiana Board of Regents by Governor

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and served until 1990. She had four children with her husband, state representative Claude Kirkpatrick."State official, civic leader Claude Kirkpatrick dies at 79", ''

Baton Rouge Morning Advocate ''The Advocate'' is Louisiana's largest daily newspaper. Based in Baton Rouge, it serves the southern portion of the state. Separate editions for New Orleans, '' The Times-Picayune The New Orleans Advocate'', for Shreveport and Bossier City, ...

'', January 15, 1997, p. 7A Their daughter-in-law, Sandra Futrell, is a daughter of Mayor of

Pineville, Louisiana Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located across the Red River from the larger Alexandria, and is part of the Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,555 at the 2010 census. It had ...

P. Elmo Futrell Jr. She published a songbook, ''Louisiana Let's Sing'', during her husband's 1963 gubernatorial campaign. Her alma mater gave Kirkpatrick a Distinguished Alumni Award and an honorary doctorate, and along with LSU offers an endowed music professorship named after her.Louisiana College Directory, 2006: She died on April 18, 2014.

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