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1911
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Jackson Pate Whittinghill*, B.S. in Physics '03, LL.M. '11
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Jackson Pate Whittinghill (January 30, 1884 - September 27, 1975) was born in Lewisport, Kentucky to Burrell Alvin Whittinghill and Mary Eliza Pate. Whittinghill first graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1903 with a Bachelors of Science with a focus in Physics. He then worked as a lawyer in Owensboro, Kentucky before obtaining his Master of Laws degree in 1911. Whittinghill worked in various industries across the United States after graduation--he worked as an attorney in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Illinois, and worked for an oil company in Texas. He eventually returned to Kentucky and operated a farm in Breckinridge County. Whittinghill married Lorene Goldie LeJeune in 1912--the couple divorced in 1921 after lengthy court proceedings. He served in the 164th Aero Squadron of the US Signal Corp. during World War I.
*Mr. Whittinghill was not listed in the 1911 edition of The Kentuckian.
