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| '''Gary Mitchell Lavergne''' (born October 28, 1955 in ], ])<ref name="Gary M. Lavergne">{{cite web|title=Family of Gary Mitchell Lavergne and Laura Gwen Clayton |first= |last= |url=http://www.garylavergne.com/us.htm|work=Gary M. Lavergne}} accessed June 10, 2015</ref> is an American ] author. Among his subjects are killers ], and ]. | '''Gary Mitchell Lavergne''' (born October 28, 1955 in ], ])<ref name="Gary M. Lavergne">{{cite web|title=Family of Gary Mitchell Lavergne and Laura Gwen Clayton |first= |last= |url=http://www.garylavergne.com/us.htm|work=Gary M. Lavergne}} accessed June 10, 2015</ref> is an American ] author. Among his subjects are killers ], and ]. | ||
| Lavergne earned a bachelor of arts degree in social studies education and a master's in education at the ]. In 1988, he earned an education specialist degree in educational administration and supervision from ]. He was a social studies teacher, held administrative positions for both the ] and the ] college entrance exam companies, and in between jobs performed stand-up comedy. He worked for the ] traveling to universities helping administrators understand the SAT. Lavergne |
Lavergne earned a bachelor of arts degree in social studies education and a master's in education at the ]. In 1988, he earned an education specialist degree in educational administration and supervision from ]. He was a social studies teacher, held administrative positions for both the ] and the ] college entrance exam companies, and in between jobs performed stand-up comedy. He worked for the ] traveling to universities helping administrators understand the SAT. Lavergne retired as director of admissions research for the ] in 2019. Among Lavergne's books is 1997's ''A Sniper in the Tower'' about the 1966 shooting rampage of ],<ref name=NYT>{{cite web |title=Journal; The Long Shadow of the Texas Sniper |first=Frank |last=Rich |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02EEDF103FF936A1575AC0A96F958260 |work=New York Times |date=1999-09-25}}</ref> which according to a 2007 ] article is "considered the definitive account of the massacre"<ref>{{cite news | title = Campus killings tarnished Kent State, Texas | author = ] | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2yAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bKIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3870,4913047&dq=gary-lavergne+sniper-in-the-tower&hl=en | work = Reading Eagle | date = April 25, 2007 | accessdate = 2010-02-19}}</ref> and to ] in a 1997 '']'' piece is "the authoritative account of the Whitman case".<ref name=NYT/> | ||
| ==Published works== | ==Published works== | ||
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Gary Mitchell Lavergne (born October 28, 1955 in Church Point, Louisiana) is an American non-fiction author. Among his subjects are killers Charles J. Whitman, and Kenneth Allen McDuff.
Lavergne earned a bachelor of arts degree in social studies education and a master's in education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 1988, he earned an education specialist degree in educational administration and supervision from McNeese State University. He was a social studies teacher, held administrative positions for both the SAT and the ACT college entrance exam companies, and in between jobs performed stand-up comedy. He worked for the College Board traveling to universities helping administrators understand the SAT. Lavergne retired as director of admissions research for the University of Texas in 2019. Among Lavergne's books is 1997's A Sniper in the Tower about the 1966 shooting rampage of Charles Whitman, which according to a 2007 Associated Press article is "considered the definitive account of the massacre" and to Frank Rich in a 1997 The New York Times piece is "the authoritative account of the Whitman case".
Published works
- Before Brown (2010), about the struggle for civil rights in higher education, centered on the Sweatt v. Painter case at the University of Texas at Austin.
- Worse than Death (2003), about Moroccan national Abdelkrim Belachheb, who walked into a Dallas nightclub and gunned down seven people. Published by UNT Press.
- Bad Boy from Rosebud (1999), about serial killer Kenneth McDuff. Published by UNT Press.
- A Sniper in the Tower (1997), about Charles Whitman, who shot people from the University of Texas at Austin's tower in 1966. Published by UNT Press.
References
- "Family of Gary Mitchell Lavergne and Laura Gwen Clayton". Gary M. Lavergne. accessed June 10, 2015
- ^ Rich, Frank (1999-09-25). "Journal; The Long Shadow of the Texas Sniper". New York Times.
- Associated Press (April 25, 2007). "Campus killings tarnished Kent State, Texas". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
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Categories:- Living people
- 1955 births
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- American non-fiction crime writers
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni
- Cajun writers
- Novelists from Louisiana
- People from Church Point, Louisiana
- 20th-century American male writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American male non-fiction writers