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Sciences Master Teacher Award. She was the first recipient of the Master Teacher Award. In 1998, Blair won the Outstanding Professional Achievement Award from the Midwest Women's Caucus for Political Science. In 2000, she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the
151:, and was appointed to several public service positions by a succession of governors of Arkansas, including Bill Clinton. Blair remained close to the Clintons throughout her life, including working as a researcher on both of Bill Clinton's presidential campaigns. As
183:. In 1967, Blair completed an M.A. degree in political science at the University of Arkansas. In 1967, she became a lecturer at the University of Arkansas. She became an assistant professor there in 1979, and remained on the faculty until she retired in 1997.
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Blair died in 2000. Also in 2000, with the support of
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Blair became close with Bill and
Hillary Clinton when they moved to Arkansas, and in 1980 Bill Clinton appointed Blair to the Commission for the Arkansas Educational Television Network. Blair worked as a researcher on both the
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Blair specialized in the politics and government of the state of
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honor society, and graduated in 1959. After graduating, she worked in
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Personal Journal of Senator Hattie Caraway".
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Guth, James L. (September 1, 1990). "Review
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University of Arkansas. In 2019, Blair was named to the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.
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appointed Blair to head a Commission on Public Employee Rights.
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Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Arkansas (2000)
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428:. Encyclopedia of Arkansas. September 20, 2018
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139:from 1968 to 1997. She befriended
125:Diane Frances Divers Kincaid Blair
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449:The Arkansas Historical Quarterly
367:Saxon, Wolfgang (June 28, 2000).
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227:Arkansas politics and government
175:, where she was a member of the
1126:20th-century American academics
540:"Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame"
293:Virginia Ledbetter Award (1991)
265:is affiliated with the center.
147:shortly after their arrival in
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912:Women’s Foundation of Arkansas
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1116:American political scientists
1101:University of Arkansas alumni
897:Florence Beatrice Smith Price
670:Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame
207:. In 1976, Arkansas Governor
979:Margaret Louise Sirman Clark
953:Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder
907:Annabelle Clinton Imber Tuck
856:Olivetan Benedictine Sisters
16:American political scientist
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595:University of Arkansas News
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892:Bessie Grace Boehm Moore
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571:. University of Arkansas
163:Early life and education
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261:. Political scientist
259:University of Arkansas
218:Senator Hattie Caraway
197:Equal Rights Amendment
137:University of Arkansas
90:University of Arkansas
67:Fayetteville, Arkansas
1065:Women's Giving Circle
1060:Joyce Williams Warren
1030:Sandra Keiser Edwards
1014:Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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339:"Diane Blair Papers"
246:J. William Fulbright
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