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31 Oct 2018

Albert Benjamin Chandler

A. B. (Happy) CHANDLER was born in Corydon, Kentucky on July 14, 1898. His education was attained at Harvard University, at Transylvania College, and at the University of Kentucky, where…
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31 Oct 2018

Bert Thomas Combs

BERT T. COMBS was born in Manchester, Kentucky on August 13, 1911. His education was attained at Cumberland College, and at the University of Kentucky Law School, where he graduated…
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31 Oct 2018

Edward Thompson Breathitt

EDWARD THOMPSON BREATHITT JR. was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on November 26, 1924. He received both a B.A. and an LL.B. from University of Kentucky. Breathitt served three years in…
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31 Oct 2018

Louie Broady Nunn

LOUIE BROADY NUNN was born in Park, Kentucky, on March 8, 1924. He received a B.A. from Bowling Green Business University and a LL.B. from University of Louisville. Nunn served…
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31 Oct 2018

Wendell Hampton Ford

WENDELL HAMPTON FORD was born near Owensboro, Kentucky on September 8, 1924. He attended the public schools of Daviess County, attended the University of Kentucky from 1942-1943; and graduated from…
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31 Oct 2018

Julian Morton Carroll

JULIAN MORTON CARROLL was born April 16, 1931, in West Paducah, Kentucky. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1954 as a political science major and received a law…
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31 Oct 2018

John Y. Brown Jr.

JOHN Y. BROWN JR. was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1933. He received a bachelor's degree and a law degree from the University of Kentucky and served in the U.S.…
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31 Oct 2018

Martha Layne Collins

MARTHA LAYNE COLLINS was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1936. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, she taught in the public schools of Louisville and Woodford County. After…
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31 Oct 2018

Wallace G. Wilkinson

WALLACE G. WILKINSON was born in Casey County (Liberty), Kentucky. He began a business career while a student at the University of Kentucky, founding the Kentucky Paperback Gallary, a retail…
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31 Oct 2018

Brereton C. Jones

BRERETON C. JONES is a native of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1961 with a bachelor's degree in commerce. Within three years he…
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31 Oct 2018

Paul E. Patton

PAUL E. PATTON was born in Fallsburg, Kentucky. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1959 with a degree in mechanical engineering. After 20 years in the coal business,…
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31 Oct 2018

Ernie Fletcher

ERNIE FLETCHER was born in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Kentucky College of Engineering in 1974. He served in the U.S. Air Force…
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