Interview with Louie Mack, August 19, 2002
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Mack (House 1986-1992, 77th district; Democrat) discusses his upbringing in Lexington, his career as an educator and how it influenced his legislative decisions, changes in Lexington over a period of 50 plus years, his involvement in local campaigns of several governors, his own grassroots campaign philosophy, his impressions of incumbent opponent David Van Horn and several governors, and key legislation during his tenure. Highlights include education reform, the BOPTROT affair, and the living will bill.Interview Accession
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Collins, Martha Layne, 1936- Education Educational change Educational change--Kentucky Fayette County (Ky.) Jones, Brereton C., 1939-2023 Kentucky. Education Reform Act (1990) Kentucky. Governor (1983-1987 : Collins) Kentucky. Governor (1991-1995 : Jones) Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Lexington (Ky.) Mack, Louie Mack, Louie--Interviews Misconduct in office--Kentucky Philosophy--Political aspects Political campaigns--Kentucky Segregation Teachers--Kentucky--Biography Van Horn, David L. Wilkinson, Wallace G., 1941-2002Interview Rights
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Mack, Louie Interview by Eric Moyen. 19 Aug. 2002. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Mack, L. (2002, August 19). Interview by E. Moyen. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Mack, Louie, interview by Eric Moyen. August 19, 2002, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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