Lois Combs Weinberg

Lois Combs Weinberg
Political party Democrat

Lois Ann Combs Weinberg (born December 18, 1943[1]), a native of the Eastern region of Kentucky, is a politician and an advocate for improvements in public education in Kentucky.[2] Weinberg has served on the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, and the Kentucky Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.[2]

In 2002, Weinberg won the Kentucky Democratic Party primary for United States Senate against Tom Barlow. She lost to incumbent Mitch McConnell in the November general election, 64.7%–35.3%.[3]

Early life and education

Lois Combs Weinberg, the daughter of Bertam "Bert "T. Combs and Mabel Hall Combs. She was born on December 18, 1943 in Lexington, Kentucky.[1]

Weinberg attended Randoph Macon Women's College and earned a BS in 1965, and a M Ed Harvard in 1996.[1] Weinberg married Bill Weinberg and they have three children.[4]

Comb's family political influence

Her father, an attorney, was first elected to the political office to the position of city attorney in Prestonsburg in 1950.[5] Later that year, Governor Lawrence Wetherby appointed her father to fill a vacancy in the office of Commonwealth's Attorney for Kentucky's 31st Judicial District. In April 1951,[5] Governor Wetherby appointed Combs to fill a vacancy on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Later that year, he won a full eight-year term on the court.[5] In 1959, he was elected the 50th Governor of Kentucky.[4][5] He was appointed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals by President Lyndon B. Johnson, serving from 1967 to 1970.[5]

Education in Kentucky

Motivated by her own son's learning problems, Weinberg became an advocate for children with learning disabilities.[2] In 1979, Weinberg persuaded the Hindman Settlement School to offer tutorial services for children in Eastern region of Kentucky with dyslexia. which eventually lead to a comprehensive program[6] She joined the board of the Hindman Settlement School in 1984[2] Later Weinberg was the Executive director of a non-profit organization, the Institute for Dyslexia Education in Appalachia (IDEA).[2] She has served on the University of Kentucky board and the Council on Postsecondary Education.[4] S

Weinberg is currently on the Board of IDEA: Center for Excellence, a non-profit organization focused on excellence in dyslexic services.[7] She also works as a consultant for IDEA Academy at Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Kentucky.[8]

United States Senate election, 2002

In 2002, Weinberg won the Kentucky Democrat Party primary for United States Senate against Tom Barlow. In the in the November general election, she lost to incumbent Mitch McConnell 64.7%–35.3%.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2002 United States Senate Race" (PDF). CBS. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lois Combs Weinberg's Passion for Education | Connections with Renee Shaw". KET. 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  3. 1 2 "washingtonpost.com Elections 2002". www.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  4. 1 2 3 "Bert Combs' grandson picked as Knott County judge-executive". kentucky. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bertram Thomas Combs biography". 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  6. ↑ Stoddart, Jess (2015-01-13). Challenge and Change in Appalachia: The Story of Hindman Settlement School. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 188–195. ISBN 9780813149547.
  7. ↑ "IDEA Center for Excellence". IDEA Center for Excellence. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  8. ↑ "2015 - University of Pikeville". www.upike.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
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