The Chronicle of Higher Education
IN RETIREMENT

Trading Academic Gowns for a Judge's Robe

By JULIE NICKLIN RUBLEY

Frankie B. Ledbetter

Highlights of academic career

Ms. Ledbetter retired as an associate professor of English in 1985, after 33 years at Prairie View A&M University.

Current activities

Ms. Ledbetter, 88, works full time as a municipal-court judge in Prairie View, Tex., adjudicating misdemeanors such as...

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