Austin Glynn "A. G." Lee was a school teacher, businessman, and even briefly Oil City mayor, who was active in efforts to improve education at the state and national level.
Shreveport Times 19-Apr-1959, Page 1-E
Shreveport Times 19-Apr-1959, Page 1-E
Originally from Cotton Valley, he attended Louisiana State Normal School (now Northwestern State University), majoring in rural education, and graduated from LSU's College of Agriculture in 1934.
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| Austin Glynn Lee as a student at Louisiana State Normal School |
He taught at Robeline and Logansport High Schools, and was a state-level advisor to the Future Farmers of America (FFA). He also held a state-wide post, having been elected as secretary of the agricultural section of the Louisiana Teachers Association.
The 1940 census shows he and family living in Minden with his occupation listed as district conservation superintendent - soil conservation. In the 1940s, they moved to Oil City where he was involved in the oil business and notably owned the local Ford dealership. He served as mayor from 1947-1948 , assuming the role from banker O. B. Roberts, a former mayor who had returned to the position when William S. Farquhar resigned in 1946.
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Being a former teacher, he advocated for improvements to education, and in October 1955 chaired a state-wide conference held in Natchitoches on the subject. The following month he participated in a similar White House-sponsored event held in Washington D. C., as part of the Louisiana delegation. He was particularly concerned about the then new practice of state and local school boards accepting federal aid.
The family eventually moved to Dixie, LA. He and wife Jewell had a daughter, Glenda, who attended Oil City school for a few years and later graduated from Belcher High and LSU. She married Lee Harrison of Baton Rouge, who became a dentist and practiced in Shreveport for many years.
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