Background
Blair, Diane Divers was born on October 25, 1938 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of William Keeveny and Minna Bea (Rosenbaum) D.
Blair, Diane Divers was born on October 25, 1938 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of William Keeveny and Minna Bea (Rosenbaum) D.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1959. Master of Arts, University Arkansas, 1967.
Contract analyst Presidential Commission on Government Contracts, Washington, 1959-1960. Research assistant special committee on unemployment United States Senate, 1960, legislation secretary to Senator Stuart Symington, 1960-1963. Associate professor political science University Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1968-1990, professor, 1990-1997, professor emeritus, since 1997.
Consultant American Association School Administrators, Washington, 1974-1975. Visiting scholar Brookings Institute, 1993. Board directors Corporation for Public Broadcasting, since 1993, chairman, 1997-1999.
Member Arkansas Democratic Committee, 1971-1974, Arkansas Educational television Commission, 1980-1994. Chairman Arkansas Governor's Commission on Status of Women, 1971-1973, Governor's Commission on Public Employees Rights, 1975. Delegate, vice chairman Arkansas delegate Democratic National Convention, 1972, platform committee, 1992.
Senior researcher Clinton-Gore Presidential Campaign, 1992, 96. Member American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association, Southwest Political Science Association, Arkansas Political Science Association.
Married Hugh R. Kincaid. Children: William Reid, Kathryn Lea. Married James Burton Blair, September 1, 1979.