Personal
Background
General
Born, Burlington,
Wisconsin, May 24, 1945. Married to Martha Pickens on
June
6, 1968. Two children: Leah Scott Currie (née
Hoskins), born October 28, 1975,
and
Micah Ward Hoskins (deceased), born November 27, 1981. Three
grandchildren:
Cameron Scott Currie, born October 2, 2001; Sarah Elizabeth Currie,
born
March 19, 2003; and Emily Ann Currie,
born
June 29, 2007.
Military
United States
Army, 1967-69. Attached to the 16th Signal Company, Decca
Navigation,
Republic of Viet Nam, 1968-69. Honorable discharge.
Rank:
Specialist 5th Class (E-5).
Timeline
1963-67:
Centenary
College of Louisiana;
1967-69: United
States Army;
1969-70:
Centenary
College of Louisiana;
1970-71:
University
College, Dublin;
1971-75:
laborer,
truck driver, heavy equipment operator, apprentice lineman, and office
manager, Coastal Power Constructors, Inc., Beaumont, Texas;
1975-77:
laborer,
plant operator, laboratory technician, and administrative assistant,
Greater
Lake Charles Water Company, Lake Charles, Louisiana;
1975-77:
McNeese
State University;
1977-80: Tulane
University School of Law;
1980-81:
clerkship,
United States Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit;
1981-date:
private practice.
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