Background
Attebery, Louie Wayne was born on August 14, 1927 in Weiser, Idaho, United States. Son of John Thomas Attebery and Tressie Mae (Blevins) Attebery Miller.
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This is the story of a kid who dropped out of school at age fourteen to parlay a few pigs into one of America s largest privately held companies. The book tells how a chance meeting while trying to collect a debt positioned Simplot to become a major World War II supplier of food for United States armed forces.
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folklorist English language educator
Attebery, Louie Wayne was born on August 14, 1927 in Weiser, Idaho, United States. Son of John Thomas Attebery and Tressie Mae (Blevins) Attebery Miller.
Son of John Thomas Attebery and Tressie Mae (Blevins) Attebery Miller;m. Barbara Phyllis Olson, December 31, 1947. Bachelor, Albertson College of Idaho, 1950.
Master of Arts, U. Montana, 1951.
Doctor of Philosophy, U. Denver, 1961.
Teacher Middleton High School, Idaho, 1949-1950, Payette High School, 1951-1952, Nyssa High School, Oregon, 1952-1955, East High School, Denver, 1955-1961. Professor English Albertson College Idaho, Caldwell, 1961-1999, holder Eyck-Berringer chair English, 1987-1998, acting academy vice president, 1983-1984. President West Shore Press, since 1998.
Visiting fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993-1994.
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Trustee Idaho History Society, 1984-1991, College of Idaho, since 2003. With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member Western Literature Association (exec council 1964-1965), Association Literature Scholars and Critics, since 1995.
Married Barbara Phyllis Olson, December 31, 1947. Children: Bobby Lou, Brian Leonard.