Saturday, August 28, 2010
Education Leader In Kentucky Dies
KENTUCKY...
Robert F. Sexton, who led Kentucky's Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, died after a long battle with cancer. He was 68. Sexton had been executive director of the committee since 1983, when it began as a grass roots organization focusing on improving education at all levels.
A statement from the Prichard Committee on Friday said Sexton, a Louisville native, served on the board that created the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington and on the boards of the Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center and the New Opportunity School for Women. He also was a founder of Kentucky's Governor's Scholars Program and of the Kentucky Center for Public Issues.
Sexton died Thursday night at the University of Kentucky Medical
Center. The statement says plans for a memorial were pending.
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