“Manila, where Carlos and Mother were born.” That's taken from one of the books written by her younger daughter in which she described her as “our clever, efficient, stoical, and dutiful Mommy.”
At the age of two, her family left the Philippine Islands headed for a new post. They moved approximately every year or so as her father climbed the Army ladder.
When she was fourteen, Betty graduated from a private girls’ school. Incredibly, before her marriage to Max in 1931, her parents consented to her living with cousins in Washington, D.C. and serving an apprenticeship at the National Theater.
While Max worked at the Pentagon, home was an apartment in northwest Washington. Following his retirement in 1947, they moved to Lexington, Virginia where Betty’s parents had settled. Her father, Major General Charles Evans Kilbourne (the most decorated soldier in the U.S. Army at the end of WWI), had just completed his tenure as the sixth Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, his alma mater, serving during the centennial celebration of the founding of V.M.I. and throughout World War II.
About the time that their daughters were in high school, Betty decided to take the job as secretary for the Electrical Engineering Department at V.M.I. Soon she made herself indispensable for she was a secretary par excellence and held in high esteem by faculty and cadets alike. She even assisted First Classmen, who were seeking employment following graduation, in composing winning letters.
Betty and Max were communicants of R. E. Lee Memorial Church.
Bio by Happy Heart (#48536925)
At the age of two, her family left the Philippine Islands headed for a new post. They moved approximately every year or so as her father climbed the Army ladder.
When she was fourteen, Betty graduated from a private girls’ school. Incredibly, before her marriage to Max in 1931, her parents consented to her living with cousins in Washington, D.C. and serving an apprenticeship at the National Theater.
While Max worked at the Pentagon, home was an apartment in northwest Washington. Following his retirement in 1947, they moved to Lexington, Virginia where Betty’s parents had settled. Her father, Major General Charles Evans Kilbourne (the most decorated soldier in the U.S. Army at the end of WWI), had just completed his tenure as the sixth Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, his alma mater, serving during the centennial celebration of the founding of V.M.I. and throughout World War II.
About the time that their daughters were in high school, Betty decided to take the job as secretary for the Electrical Engineering Department at V.M.I. Soon she made herself indispensable for she was a secretary par excellence and held in high esteem by faculty and cadets alike. She even assisted First Classmen, who were seeking employment following graduation, in composing winning letters.
Betty and Max were communicants of R. E. Lee Memorial Church.
Bio by Happy Heart (#48536925)
“Manila, where Carlos and Mother were born.” That's taken from one of the books written by her younger daughter in which she described her as “our clever, efficient, stoical, and dutiful Mommy.”
At the age of two, her family left the Philippine Islands headed for a new post. They moved approximately every year or so as her father climbed the Army ladder.
When she was fourteen, Betty graduated from a private girls’ school. Incredibly, before her marriage to Max in 1931, her parents consented to her living with cousins in Washington, D.C. and serving an apprenticeship at the National Theater.
While Max worked at the Pentagon, home was an apartment in northwest Washington. Following his retirement in 1947, they moved to Lexington, Virginia where Betty’s parents had settled. Her father, Major General Charles Evans Kilbourne (the most decorated soldier in the U.S. Army at the end of WWI), had just completed his tenure as the sixth Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, his alma mater, serving during the centennial celebration of the founding of V.M.I. and throughout World War II.
About the time that their daughters were in high school, Betty decided to take the job as secretary for the Electrical Engineering Department at V.M.I. Soon she made herself indispensable for she was a secretary par excellence and held in high esteem by faculty and cadets alike. She even assisted First Classmen, who were seeking employment following graduation, in composing winning letters.
Betty and Max were communicants of R. E. Lee Memorial Church.
Bio by Happy Heart (#48536925)
At the age of two, her family left the Philippine Islands headed for a new post. They moved approximately every year or so as her father climbed the Army ladder.
When she was fourteen, Betty graduated from a private girls’ school. Incredibly, before her marriage to Max in 1931, her parents consented to her living with cousins in Washington, D.C. and serving an apprenticeship at the National Theater.
While Max worked at the Pentagon, home was an apartment in northwest Washington. Following his retirement in 1947, they moved to Lexington, Virginia where Betty’s parents had settled. Her father, Major General Charles Evans Kilbourne (the most decorated soldier in the U.S. Army at the end of WWI), had just completed his tenure as the sixth Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, his alma mater, serving during the centennial celebration of the founding of V.M.I. and throughout World War II.
About the time that their daughters were in high school, Betty decided to take the job as secretary for the Electrical Engineering Department at V.M.I. Soon she made herself indispensable for she was a secretary par excellence and held in high esteem by faculty and cadets alike. She even assisted First Classmen, who were seeking employment following graduation, in composing winning letters.
Betty and Max were communicants of R. E. Lee Memorial Church.
Bio by Happy Heart (#48536925)
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