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| death_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana​

| death_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana​

| resting_place=Gardens of Memory Cemetery (Minden, Louisiana) ​

| resting_place=Gardens of Memory Cemetery (Minden, Louisiana) ​

| birth_place=[[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]], [[Texas]], USA​

| birth_place=Port Arthur, [[Texas]], USA​

| religion=[[United Methodist]]​

| religion=[[United Methodist]]​

| occupation=[[Educator]]​<br>

| occupation=[[Educator]]​<br>

==Early years, education, military==​

==Early years, education, military==​

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Everett Doerge (pronounced DURR-ghee) was born in [[Port Arthur, Texas|Port Arthur]], a city on the bank of Sabine Lake in far southeastern [[Texas]]. In 1943, his parents, George G. Doerge (1901–1976) and Jewel M. Doerge (1907–1993) moved the family to the small northwestern city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana. In 1954, Doerge graduated from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]],<ref>[http://www.mindenmemories.org/Fifties%20Minden%20High%20School%20Grigs.htm Minden High School Yearbooks for 1950 through 1955]; no longer on-line</ref> where he had run track and played on the all-state [[football]] team in 1953. He initially entered [[Mississippi State University]] in [[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville]], [[Mississippi]], on a football scholarship but then transferred to [[Northwestern State University|Northwestern State College]] (after June 1970, the institution became  [[Northwestern State University]], located in  [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], where he met and, in August 1957, married [[Jean Doerge|Jean McGlothlin]]. They both obtained their degrees in 1958, the year he was commissioned an officer in the [[United States Army]], serving six months of active duty and remaining in the Army Reserve until 1964. He continued his education at NSC where, following his Bachelor of Science in 1958, he received a [[Master of Science]] in 1964 and, after a decade as a high school teacher, attended studies for an [[Ph.D.|Ed.D.]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], which he obtained in 1973.​

Everett Doerge (pronounced DURR-ghee) was born in Port Arthur, a city on the bank of Sabine Lake in far southeastern [[Texas]]. In 1943, his parents, George G. Doerge (1901–1976) and Jewel M. Doerge (1907–1993) moved the family to the small northwestern city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana. In 1954, Doerge graduated from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]],<ref>[http://www.mindenmemories.org/Fifties%20Minden%20High%20School%20Grigs.htm Minden High School Yearbooks for 1950 through 1955]; no longer on-line</ref> where he had run track and played on the all-state [[football]] team in 1953. He initially entered [[Mississippi State University]] in [[Starkville]], [[Mississippi]], on a football scholarship but then transferred to [[Northwestern State University|Northwestern State College]] (after June 1970, the institution became  [[Northwestern State University]], located in  [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], where he met and, in August 1957, married [[Jean Doerge|Jean McGlothlin]]. They both obtained their degrees in 1958, the year he was commissioned an officer in the [[United States Army]], serving six months of active duty and remaining in the Army Reserve until 1964. He continued his education at NSC where, following his Bachelor of Science in 1958, he received a [[Master of Science]] in 1964 and, after a decade as a high school teacher, attended studies for an [[Ph.D.|Ed.D.]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], which he obtained in 1973.​

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==Career as an educator==​

==Career as an educator==​