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 Lisbon is a village in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 185 at the 2010 census. Lisbon is located east of the parish seat of Homer. In the late 19th century Lisbon was the location of the former Lisbon Academy, atte ...

, she studied at Louisiana College (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 performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most el ...

, and

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

and was a music teacher in McNeese State University and was a

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

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."State official, civic leader Claude Kirkpatrick dies at 79", '' Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'', January 15, 1997, p. 7A Their daughter-in-law, Sandra Futrell, is a daughter of 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 gave Kirkpatrick a Distinguished Alumni Award and an honorary doctorate, and along with LSU offers a endowed music professorship named after her.Louisiana College Directory, 2006: She died on April 18, 2014.

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