Background
Orr, Kay A. was born on January 2, 1939 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Ralph Robert and Sadie Lucille (Skoglund) Stark.
Orr, Kay A. was born on January 2, 1939 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Ralph Robert and Sadie Lucille (Skoglund) Stark.
Student, University Iowa, 1957.
Executive Assistant to Government of Neb. 1979-1981; Treasurer, State of Neb. 1981-1987; Government of Nebraska 1987-1991.
Chairman Committee on Transportation, Commerce and Communications (National Govs’. Association); Govs’. Assembly Task Force on Foreign Markets. Chairman National Republic Platform Committee 1988.
Republican; Nebraska Wildlife Federation Conservationist of the Year 1989.
Delaware, member platform committee Republican National Convention, 1976, 80, 84, co-chairman 1984, chairman 1988. Member National Women's Coalition, Republican National Committee, 1984-1985. Trustee Hastings (Nebraska) College, 1985-1995, Freedom Forum, Arlington, Virginia, 1991-1993.
Member Commission on Presidential Debates, 1986, Hitchcock Center, University Nebraska School Journalism, 1991, Nebraska Agriculture Leadership Council, 1993. National Advisory Council on Rural Development, 1988. Vice-chair, President's Council on Rural America, 1990-1992.
Advisory committee First Amendment Center, Vanderbilt University, 1992-1993, Lincoln Crisis Pregnancy Center, 1993. Member Women Executives in State Government, National Governors Association (vice-chairman, lead governor Telecommunications subcommittee, chairman Transportation, Commerce & Communications committee, member Force on Foreign Markets), Lincoln General Hospital Auxiliary (life), Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married William Dayton Orr, September 26, 1957. Children: John William, Suzanne.