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==Background==

==Background==

Orr was born in Glenmora in south Rapides Parish to Jessie Lee Orr (1898-1981) and Lily Aplonia "Lonie" Monroe (1893-1986). He graduated in 1940 from Glenmora High School. He received a Bachelor of Science in chemical [[engineering]] at Louisiana Tech, while also  worked as a waiter to pay his student expenses.<ref name=rdl/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latech.edu/specialcollections/collections/m315.shtml|title=Virgil Orr, Student Waiter|publisher=latech.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010; article no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> He then achieved a [[Master of Science]] degree and his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1948 and 1950, respectively.<ref name=lsu>{{cite web|url=http://www.che.lsu.edu/newsletter/fall2003_spring2004/alumni_news.html|title=Alumni News|date=2003-2004|publisher=che.lsu.edu|accessdate=July 19, 2010; no longer on-line}}.</ref> Orr served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] from 1944 to 1946. He served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] from 1944 to 1946. He also attended the Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies in Oak Ridge west of [[Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]]. <ref name=rdl>Dr. Virgil Orr | Ruston Daily Leader (rustonleader.com), accessed May 4, 2021.</ref><ref name=whoswho>Virgil L. Orr, ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004,'' 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence,  [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 790.</ref>

Orr was born in Glenmora in south Rapides Parish to Jessie Lee Orr (1898-1981) and Lily Aplonia "Lonie" Monroe (1893-1986). He graduated in 1940 from Glenmora High School. He received a Bachelor of Science in chemical [[engineering]] at Louisiana Tech, while also  worked as a waiter to pay his student expenses.<ref name=rdl/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latech.edu/specialcollections/collections/m315.shtml|title=Virgil Orr, Student Waiter|publisher=latech.edu|accessdate=July 20, 2010; article no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> He then achieved a [[Master of Science]] degree and his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1948 and 1950, respectively.<ref name=lsu>{{cite web|url=http://www.che.lsu.edu/newsletter/fall2003_spring2004/alumni_news.html|title=Alumni News|date=2003-2004|publisher=che.lsu.edu|accessdate=July 19, 2010; no longer on-line}}.</ref>

 

Orr served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] from 1944 to 1946. He served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] from 1944 to 1946. He also attended the Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies in Oak Ridge west of [[Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]]. <ref name=rdl>Dr. Virgil Orr | Ruston Daily Leader (rustonleader.com), accessed May 4, 2021.</ref><ref name=whoswho>Virgil L. Orr, ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004,'' 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence,  [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 790.</ref>

==Career==

==Career==