Arnold R. Kilpatrick
| Arnold Roy Kilpatrick | |
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| President of Northwestern State University in | |
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In office 1966–1978 |
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| Preceded by | John S. Kyser |
| Succeeded by | Rene J. Bienvenu |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 5, 1920 Eros, Louisiana, US |
| Died | December 12, 2005 (aged 85) |
| Spouse(s) | Juanita Cardozier Kilpatrick (married 1950–2005, his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Natchitoches, Louisiana |
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| Occupation | College president |
Arnold Roy Kilpatrick (August 5, 1920 – December 12, 2005) was a Louisiana educator, coach, and businessman who was the president of Northwestern State University in from 1966 to 1978.
Kilpatrick was born in tiny Eros in Jackson Parish. He first attended the University of Louisiana at Monroe (Ouachita Parish), formerly known as Northeast Louisiana Junior College. He later earned his bachelor's degree from Northwestern State and master's degree and Ed.D. from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He served in the U.S. Air Force (then the United States Army Air Corps) during World War II.
In 1946, he began his educational career as a teacher and coach at Jonesboro-Hodge High School in Jackson Parish. He built a successful basketball program at the school. The team won the Class A state championship in 1951, when it achieved forty-five victories, a school record.
Kilpatrick joined Northeast Louisiana State College in 1951 as a faculty member and assistant football and basketball coach and later head basketball coach and the director of athletics. In his three final seasons at Northeast, his teams had three consecutive winning seasons. Kilpatrick guided the team to its first 20-win season in 1954–1955. He was honored by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association that season as "Coach of the Year" in the Gulf States Conference. Kilpatrick was also a guiding force in the success of the conference, having served as vice-president and later president of the league. In 1957, Lenny Fant became the Northeast basketball coach and guided the team to eighteen victorious seasons, culminating in his final year, 1978–1979.
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