News and Personal Appearances
Gary
Lavergne is a veteran guest and commentator on almost every major network and
cable news show. Click
here to see a list of his more memorable appearances. He is also noted for
his sharp wit. Click
here
for just a few of his more memorable quotes.
News and Updates...
| Gary Lavergne does first reading of BEFORE BROWN... On April 22, 2010 during the opening session of the Heman Marion Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights, Gary M. Lavergne was called upon to do a reading from his forthcoming book BEFORE BROWN. Gary used the occasion to pay tribute to W. Astor Kirk. (The first 10 seconds of this 5-minute clip are darkened.) |
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Gary Lavergne is the subject of a feature article by Maggi Davis in the Spring 2010 issue of burntOrange magazine. burntOrange is published twice a year by magazine students working under the guidance of faculty members. The magazine has finished first (2007) and second (2008) for General Excellence (Single Issue, Ongoing Magazine) in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national magazine contests. |
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Gary Lavergne participates in panel discussion of the University of Texas Tower Tragedy of August 1, 1966 at the Bob Bullock Museum of Texas History On February 5, 2010 the Bob Bullock Museum of Texas History hosted a screening of Sniper 66: The Charles Whitman Murders in the Texas Tower in the Texas Spirit Theater. The documentary will run in the theater during the months of February and March 2010... |
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Lavergne
selected to moderate a Texas Book Festival session on the Columbine massacre
On October 31, 2009 Gary Lavergne moderated a Texas Book Festival session
entitled The Story of Columbine in which he interviewed Dave Cullen, the author of a new book on the
Columbine Massacre. This is the fifth Texas Book Festival Gary has participated
in as an author or moderator.
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Gary Lavergne honored by UT President William Powers with Outstanding
Staff Service Award On May 7, 2009 University of Texas President William Powers presented certificates and bonuses to thirty university employees during the The President's Staff Awards reception in the Texas Union Ballroom. Gary was one of those honored. The Outstanding Staff and Supervisor Awards Program recognizes non-teaching UT Austin employees who have made outstanding contributions to the continuing success of the university. Click here for a video tribute prepared by the University's Human Resources staff. |
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Gary Lavergne
represents American Higher Education in Paris symposiums On April 14, 2008, the French Ministry of Higher Education, convened a conference exploring equity and access to France’s premier colleges and universities. Two American researchers... |
Gary Lavergne makes
appearance on ABC's Good Morning America
Gary was interviewed for an appearance on Good Morning America on August 1, 2009
on the anniversary of the UT Tower Tragedy. Click
here to see his
appearance.
Gary Lavergne receives
the Trailblazers Award at annual banquet
Gary Lavergne delivers brief remarks after accepting the Trailblazers Award.
Shortly afterwards he and Laura made another donation to the Lodge's charitable
efforts.
Gary Lavergne chosen to
moderate 2004 Texas Book Festival session
"Today I have the honor and pleasure of moderating this session, entitled
"Inside the Mind of a Killer..."
Gary Lavergne appears on
MSNBC to comment on the DC Sniper
On October 16, 2002, Rick Sanchez, morning anchor of MSNBC Live, interviewed
Gary Lavergne about the similarities and differences between the Washington,
DC-area sniper and Charles Whitman, the University of Texas Tower sniper. Nine
days before the alleged snipers were apprehended, Gary warned that "[the sniper]
kind of defies a lot of what you hear profilers saying...
Gary Lavergne honored as
Outstanding Alumnus by the University of Louisiana-Lafayette
For each of the past twenty-six years, the University of Louisiana at
Lafayette's College of Education has honored one or more persons as an
Outstanding Alumnus of the College. This tribute for those graduating from the
Class of 1976 was paid on the evening of April 19, 2001... "
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CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS
E! Entertainment
Network Gary appeared in a special entitled
Going Postal: 15 Shocking Acts of Violence
DATELINE NBC--MSNBC--CNBC In his second appearance on DATELINE NBC Gary appeared as a commentator during a show entitled 10 Amazing Crimes Caught on Tape. The Charles Whitman Murders was "#2" on the countdown show and featured Gary Lavergne, the author of A Sniper in the Tower. Click here to see an excerpt. Check your local listing for time and channel for reruns on NBC and cable affiliates! Biography -- A&E Network Gary appeared in a one-hour episode about Charles Whitman, the University of Texas Tower Sniper. Check your local listing for time and channel.
True Crime Authors -- The History Channel Gary Lavergne was the subject of a one hour special in a History Channel series called TRUE CRIME AUTHORS. Check your local listings for reruns. DATELINE NBC--MSNBC--CNBC Special on the Charles Whitman Murders featured Gary Lavergne, the author of A Sniper in the Tower first broadcast on DATELINE NBC. Check your local listing for time and channel for reruns on NBC and cable affiliates! AMERICAN JUSTICE -- The A&E Network This episode, hosted by Bill Kurtis, was entitled "Free To Murder Again" and was the story of Kenneth Allen McDuff, the title character of Gary's book Bad Boy From Rosebud. Parts of the special were filmed in Gary's home in Cedar Park, Texas. THE PROSECUTORS -- The Discovery Channel This was THE PROSECUTORS first show in its regular time slot. It featured an hour-long docudrama on Kenneth Allen McDuff, the topic of Gary's book THE BAD BOY FROM ROSEBUD. The title of the episode was "Release Me." TALES OF THE GUN -- The History Channel In an episode called Guns of Infamy, part 2, Gary commented on the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Huey P. Long. There was also a large segment on the Charles Whitman murders at The University of Texas at Austin in 1966. |
Where has Gary appeared? Click here to see where he has been.
| Gary's Bio |Before Brown| Worse Than Death| Bad Boy From Rosebud | Sniper in the Tower | Cajuns |
