New LaRC intern, Kevin Fontenot
Kevin
Fontenot has begun work as LaRC’s first “Thelma Ducoing Toole Intern.” Kevin is
a scholar of the American South with a special interest in country and Cajun
music. He holds degrees from Louisiana College and Tulane University and he has
received the John Dyer Award for Excellence in Teaching from Tulane’s School of
Continuing Studies. Initially, Kevin will work primarily with our Louisiana
Historical Association Collection.
The
Thelma Ducoing Toole Endowed Fund was created by an anonymous donor to honor
the mother of author John Kennedy Toole. Born in New Orleans in 1901, as a
child she developed talents for speech and music which she later taught as an
exacting, vigorous, and inspired teacher, instilling in her students the
enthusiasm she felt herself. The success of “A Confederacy of Dunces” made Mrs.
Toole a celebrity in her own right. She used her fame to pursue her lifelong
interest in education and in nurturing the intellectual and artistic talents of
young people. She died in 1984.
We
are delighted to welcome Kevin Fontenot to LaRC.
Leon C. Miller
(See this earlier LaRC blog post featuring Kevin Fontenot conducting an interview of L'Esprit Creole at Jazz Fest 2010.)
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