Gary Lavergne
Gary Mitchell Lavergne (born October 28, 1955 in Church Point, Louisiana) [1] 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 is director of admissions research University of Texas. Among Lavergne's books is 1997's A Sniper in the Tower about the 1966 shooting rampage of Charles Whitman,[2] which according to a 2007 Associated Press article is "considered the definitive account of the massacre"[3] and to Frank Rich in a 1997 The New York Times piece is "the authoritative account of the Whitman case".[2]
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.
- Bad Boy from Rosebud (1999), about serial killer Kenneth McDuff.
- A Sniper in the Tower (1997), about Charles Whitman, who shot people from the University of Texas at Austin's tower in 1966.
References
- ↑ "Family of Gary Mitchell Lavergne and Laura Gwen Clayton". Gary M. Lavergne. accessed June 10, 2015
- 1 2 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.