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American non-fiction author (born 1955)

Gary Lavergne
BornGary Mitchell Lavergne
(1955-10-28) October 28, 1955 (age 69)
Church Point, Louisiana, U.S.
OccupationAuthor
EducationUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette (BA)
McNeese State University
GenreNon-fiction
Spouse Laura Clayton ​(date missing)​
Children4
Website
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Gary Mitchell Lavergne (born October 28, 1955) is an American non-fiction author. Among his subjects are killers Charles J. Whitman and Kenneth Allen McDuff.

Career

Lavergne was born in October 28, 1955 Church Point, Louisiana, son of Nolan and Bobbie Lavergne. He attended Church Point High School and graduated in 1973. He 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. 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". He decided to write the book after watching a TV special on mass murder, realizing that there had never been a book published about the shooting.

He is married to Laura Clayton, with whom he has four children.

Published works

References

  1. "Family of Gary Mitchell Lavergne and Laura Gwen Clayton". Gary M. Lavergne. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Church Pt. native writes book on Texas Tower sniper". Daily World. Vol. 57, no. 78. Opelousas. March 18, 1997. p. 5. Retrieved January 4, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "UT Austin Retirement". Gary M. Lavergne. 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  4. ^ Rich, Frank (September 25, 1999). "Journal; The Long Shadow of the Texas Sniper". The New York Times.
  5. "Campus killings tarnished Kent State, Texas". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. April 25, 2007. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  6. "Gary Lavergne to be on national television". The Church Point News. No. 27. September 1, 1999. p. 5. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Walker, Jason; Lavergne, Gary M. (2005). "Review of Worse than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 108 (3): 421–422. ISSN 0038-478X. JSTOR 30242259.
  8. Friedman, Barry D.; Lavergne, Gary M. (2004). "Review of Worse Than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law". International Social Science Review. 79 (1/2): 73–74. ISSN 0278-2308. JSTOR 41887175.
  9. Baker, T. Lindsay (2006). "Worse Than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law". Legacies. 18 (1): 62–63. ISSN 1071-0426.
  10. Ellis, Mark (2005). "Worse Than Death: The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law". Journal of the West. 44 (1): 108–109. ISSN 0022-5169.
  11. McDonald, Archie P. (September 2004). "Worse Than Death ( Book)". East Texas Historical Journal. 42 (2): 89–90. ISSN 0424-1444.

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