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==Background==
==Background==
Reilly was one of four children born to Gene and Molly Reilly in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], where he attended the Roxbury Latin School. With assistance from a Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship, he attended [[Harvard University]], at which he played varsity baseball and was voted "Most Valuable Player" during his senior year. After graduation, he served honorably for three years as a lieutenant in the [[United States Navy]] during the [[Korean War]]. In 1953, after only one year at Harvard Business School, he and his young wife, the former Ann Switzer, known as "DeeDee", relocated to Baton Rouge, at which he began employment by her family's Lamar Advertising, then a small billboard company. Reilly eventually became the chairman and chief operating officer of the company, having continued in those positions until 1989.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=kevin-p-reilly&pid=160701048#fbLoggedOut|title=Kevin P. Reilly, Sr., obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 29, 2012}}</ref>
Reilly was one of four children born to Gene and Molly Reilly in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], where he attended the Roxbury Latin School. With assistance from a Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship, he attended [[Harvard University]], at which he played varsity baseball and was voted "Most Valuable Player" during his senior year. After graduation, he served honorably for three years as a lieutenant in the [[United States Navy]] during the [[Korean War]].<ref name=obit/>
In 1953, after only one year at Harvard Business School, he and his young wife, the former Ann Switzer, known as "DeeDee", relocated to Baton Rouge, at which he began employment by her family's Lamar Advertising, then a small billboard company. Reilly eventually became the chairman and chief operating officer of the company, having continued in those positions until 1989.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=kevin-p-reilly&pid=160701048#fbLoggedOut|title=Kevin P. Reilly, Sr., obituary|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=October 29, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name=reilly>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsu.com/UNV002.NSF/%28NoteID%29/0EB8760B2EBFB14986256BC3005ADE30?OpenDocument|title=Kevin and Dee Dee Reilly receive honorary degrees from LSU|publisher=lsu.com|accessdate=March 13, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name=reilly>{{cite web|url=http://www.lsu.com/UNV002.NSF/%28NoteID%29/0EB8760B2EBFB14986256BC3005ADE30?OpenDocument|title=Kevin and Dee Dee Reilly receive honorary degrees from LSU|publisher=lsu.com|accessdate=March 13, 2010}}</ref>
==Public career==
==Public career==