Diane A. Jenkins is the American

United States

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 cofounder and executive director of Friends of the Americas who received the first annual Ronald Reagan American Ideals Award from President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

 in 1985. Jenkins was an assistant attorney general

Attorney General

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 for Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

 and an assistant district attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish. She was named one of 10 Most Valuable People in America by USA Today

USA Today

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 in 1986.

Jenkins received a Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

 degree from Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

, was a winner of the LSU Moot Court competition, and was inducted into the LSU Law Center Hall of Fame. She is married to Louis E. "Woody" Jenkins

Woody Jenkins

Louis Elwood "Woody" Jenkins is a newspaper editor in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972–2000 and waged three unsuccessful races for the United States Senate....

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External links

• Louis and Diane Jenkins (Institute for First Amendment Studies)
• Profile: Friends of the Americas (International Relations Center)