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Gary Mitchell Lavergne (born October 28, 1955 in Church Point, Louisiana) 〔 accessed June 10, 2015〕 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, 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. *''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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Lavergne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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