Claude Kirkpatrick (June 17, 1917—January 14, 1997) was a diversified businessman who served two terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives (1952—1960), worked to establish Toledo Bend Reservoir through his directorship of the state Department of Public Works (1960—1964), and was the administrator and then president of Baton Rouge General Medical Center (1967—1982). Kirkpatrick ran unsuccessfully for governor in the 1963 Democratic primary.

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  • Claude Kirkpatrick (June 17, 1917—January 14, 1997) was a diversified businessman who served two terms in the Louisiana House of Representatives (1952—1960), worked to establish Toledo Bend Reservoir through his directorship of the state Department of Public Works (1960—1964), and was the administrator and then president of Baton Rouge General Medical Center (1967—1982). Kirkpatrick ran unsuccessfully for governor in the 1963 Democratic primary. In his later years, he built three shopping centers in Baton Rouge. He was also active in various state and national organizations of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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  • Former Louisiana State Representative Claude Kirkpatrick, then of Jennings
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  • Claude Kent Kirkpatrick
  • Charles Kris Kirkpatrick
  • Thomas Killgore Kirkpatrick, I
  • Edith Kay Kirkpatrick
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  • Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
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  • In his later years, Kirkpatrick built three shopping centers in Baton Rouge.
  • Kirkpatrick was rewarded for his support of Jimmie Davis for governor in 1960 with appointment as Director of Public Works.
  • Kirkpatrick from 1967-1982 was administrator and then president of Baton Rouge General Medical Center.
  • Kilpatrick graduated from Baptist-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville and was a strong supporter of Southern Baptist institutions and outreach. Kirkpatrick and his wife operated four businesses in Jennings while he served eight years in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
  • As DPW director, Kirkpatrick worked to establish Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Sabine River, a project completed in 1966 and shared by Louisiana and Texas.
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