Diane Frances Divers Kincaid Blair was an American political scientist who specialized in the politics and government of Arkansas as well as on women and politics.
11 Facts About Diane Blair
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Diane Blair was a professor of political science at the University of Arkansas from 1968 to 1997.
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Diane Blair befriended Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton shortly after their arrival in Fayetteville, and was appointed to several public service positions by a succession of governors of Arkansas, including Bill Clinton.
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Diane Blair was born on October 25,1938, in Washington, DC She attended Cornell University, where she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, and graduated in 1959.
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Diane Blair became an assistant professor there in 1979, and remained on the faculty until she retired in 1997.
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Diane Blair specialized in the politics and government of the state of Arkansas, as well as in women and politics, and authored two scholarly books.
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Diane Blair became close with Bill and Hillary Clinton when they moved to Arkansas, and in 1980 Bill Clinton appointed Diane Blair to the Commission for the Arkansas Educational Television Network.
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Diane Blair worked as a researcher on both the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the Bill Clinton 1996 presidential campaign.
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Diane Blair was the first recipient of the Master Teacher Award.
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In 1998, Diane Blair won the Outstanding Professional Achievement Award from the Midwest Women's Caucus for Political Science.
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In 2019, Diane Blair was named to the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame.