Bill Keith
Author, Politician
1934 –
Who is Bill Keith?
Billy P. Keith, known as Bill Keith, is an author of fiction and nonfiction in Longview, Texas, who served from 1980 to 1984 as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate. As a legislator, he was particularly known for his promotion of a state law requiring balanced treatment in the instruction of creation science and evolution in public schools.
An Oklahoma native, Keith graduated from Wheaton College, an evangelical institution in Wheaton, Illinois, with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. He received a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. While at SWBTS, he worked in the public relations office with Bill Moyers, later the press secretary to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. After the publication of Keith's most recent book in 2009, Moyers sent him a note of goodwill.
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- Born
- 1934
Oklahoma - Religion
- Baptists
- Profession
- Education
- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Wheaton College
- Master of Divinity
- Lived in
- Longview
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on July 23, 2013
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