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{{Infobox person
| name=Elliott Bond Stonecipher
| image=Elliott Stonecipher.jpg
(Demographer, political consultant, pollster, pundit)
| birth_date=July 13, 1951
| birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| party=[[Nonpartisan]]<ref>Elliott Stonecipher (Bond), 70 - Shreveport, LA Public Reputation Profile at MyLife.com™, accessed August 4, 2021.</ref>
| alma_mater=[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]
| spouse=Shari Robertson Stonecipher, now Shari Norberg (divorced)
| children=Ryan Lindsey Stonecipher
}}
'''Elliott Bond Stonecipher''' (born July 13, 1951) is a [[Demography|demographer]], political and business consultant, pollster, and pundit originally from from [[Shreveport, Louisiana]].
==Background==
Stonecipher is one of four children born in Shreveport to R. L. Stonecipher (1923-1973), a postal clerk who served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]], and the former Elizabeth Jo Ann Holcombe (1925-2020). He has two bothers, Alan Stonecipher, a journalist from [[Tallahassee]], [[Florida]], and Philip Stonecipher of Dallas. His sister is Norma Lynn Stonecipher Wood of Frederick, [[Virginia]].<ref>Elizabeth Holcombe Obituary (1925 - 2020) | Shreveport, Louisiana (echovita.com), accessed August 4, 2021.}</ref>
In 1969, Stonecipher graduated from [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=Elliott Stonecipher (C. E. Byrd High School) - newsle (archive.ph), accessed August 4, 2021.</ref>
In 1973, he received a Bachelor of Arts in [[English language|English]] from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].
In 1975, he earned a master's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://abettershreveport.blogspot.com/2011/11/lydia-jackson-v-greg-tarver-population.html|title=A Better Shreveport|publisher=abettershreveport.blogspot.com|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
Stonecipher was briefly married the former Shari Robertson. They had a son, Ryan Lindsey Stonecipher (born 1977) before their divorce. She was subsequently married for thirty-one years to Darrel Norberg (1943-2011), a consulting engineer who relocated to Shreveport from [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=darrell-norberg&pid=149159196#fbLoggedOut|title=Darrel Norberg|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'''|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
==Career==
Briefly a schoolteacher, Stonecipher at the age of twenty-five took a position in Baton Rouge with the Louisiana Department of Education during the first term of superintendent [[J. Kelly Nix]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He had worked on Nix's campaign in the 1975 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]]. Nix named Stonechipher as the director of the state teacher certification.<ref name=jimleslie>{{cite web|url=http://forward-now.com/2012/07/05/lessons-from-the-murder-of-jim-leslie/|title=Lessons from the Murder of Jim Leslie|publisher=forward-now.com|date=July 5, 2012|author=Elliott Stonecipher|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
After three years with Nix, Stonecipher established his own firm to become a campaign consultant and pollster. His firm specializes in demographic analyses for clients in the financial services industry. Stonecipher and his company also provide research in regard to change-of-venue issues in criminal cases, particularly those involving capital [[murder]].<ref name=bio/>
In 1981, the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce named Stonecipher as "Small Businessman of the Year. In 1987, he was named "Rising Young Business Leader" by the Shreveport Leadership Council.<ref name=lsus>{{cite web|url=http://lsusmath.rickmabry.org/colloquium/stonecipher-apr2008.html|title=Predicting the Outcome of Elections using Actuarial Science|publisher=[[Louisiana State University in Shreveport]]|accessdate=September 27, 2013; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Stonecipher was a consultant to [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]], a Democrat who turned [Republican Party|Republican]] in 1991.<ref name=ballard>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/columnists/markballard/5693081-123/political-horizons-impact-of-statistical|author=Mark Ballard|title=Political Horizons: Impact of statistical spin|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=September 21, 2013|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
In 2002, Stonecipher co-authored the final report of a government study into possible bio-[[terrorism]] attacks in the United States in the aftermath of [[9-11]]. The study was published in ''Emerging Infectious Diseases'' magazine of the [[Centers for Disease Control]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]]. Since [[Hurricane Katrina]], Stonecipher has performed extensive [[pro bono]] work in regard to "[[good government]]" reforms and political ethics.<ref name=bio/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stonecipher, Elliott}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Demographers]]
[[Category:Columnists]]
[[Category:Pollsters]]
[[Category:Activists]]
[[Category:Independents]]
| name=Elliott Bond Stonecipher
| image=Elliott Stonecipher.jpg
(Demographer, political consultant, pollster, pundit)
| birth_date=July 13, 1951
| birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| party=[[Nonpartisan]]<ref>Elliott Stonecipher (Bond), 70 - Shreveport, LA Public Reputation Profile at MyLife.com™, accessed August 4, 2021.</ref>
| alma_mater=[[Louisiana Tech University]]<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]
| spouse=Shari Robertson Stonecipher, now Shari Norberg (divorced)
| children=Ryan Lindsey Stonecipher
}}
'''Elliott Bond Stonecipher''' (born July 13, 1951) is a [[Demography|demographer]], political and business consultant, pollster, and pundit originally from from [[Shreveport, Louisiana]].
==Background==
Stonecipher is one of four children born in Shreveport to R. L. Stonecipher (1923-1973), a postal clerk who served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]], and the former Elizabeth Jo Ann Holcombe (1925-2020). He has two bothers, Alan Stonecipher, a journalist from [[Tallahassee]], [[Florida]], and Philip Stonecipher of Dallas. His sister is Norma Lynn Stonecipher Wood of Frederick, [[Virginia]].<ref>Elizabeth Holcombe Obituary (1925 - 2020) | Shreveport, Louisiana (echovita.com), accessed August 4, 2021.}</ref>
In 1969, Stonecipher graduated from [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=Elliott Stonecipher (C. E. Byrd High School) - newsle (archive.ph), accessed August 4, 2021.</ref>
In 1973, he received a Bachelor of Arts in [[English language|English]] from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].
In 1975, he earned a master's degree from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://abettershreveport.blogspot.com/2011/11/lydia-jackson-v-greg-tarver-population.html|title=A Better Shreveport|publisher=abettershreveport.blogspot.com|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
Stonecipher was briefly married the former Shari Robertson. They had a son, Ryan Lindsey Stonecipher (born 1977) before their divorce. She was subsequently married for thirty-one years to Darrel Norberg (1943-2011), a consulting engineer who relocated to Shreveport from [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=darrell-norberg&pid=149159196#fbLoggedOut|title=Darrel Norberg|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'''|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
==Career==
Briefly a schoolteacher, Stonecipher at the age of twenty-five took a position in Baton Rouge with the Louisiana Department of Education during the first term of superintendent [[J. Kelly Nix]], a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]. He had worked on Nix's campaign in the 1975 nonpartisan blanket [[primary]]. Nix named Stonechipher as the director of the state teacher certification.<ref name=jimleslie>{{cite web|url=http://forward-now.com/2012/07/05/lessons-from-the-murder-of-jim-leslie/|title=Lessons from the Murder of Jim Leslie|publisher=forward-now.com|date=July 5, 2012|author=Elliott Stonecipher|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
After three years with Nix, Stonecipher established his own firm to become a campaign consultant and pollster. His firm specializes in demographic analyses for clients in the financial services industry. Stonecipher and his company also provide research in regard to change-of-venue issues in criminal cases, particularly those involving capital [[murder]].<ref name=bio/>
In 1981, the Shreveport Chamber of Commerce named Stonecipher as "Small Businessman of the Year. In 1987, he was named "Rising Young Business Leader" by the Shreveport Leadership Council.<ref name=lsus>{{cite web|url=http://lsusmath.rickmabry.org/colloquium/stonecipher-apr2008.html|title=Predicting the Outcome of Elections using Actuarial Science|publisher=[[Louisiana State University in Shreveport]]|accessdate=September 27, 2013; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Stonecipher was a consultant to [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]], a Democrat who turned [Republican Party|Republican]] in 1991.<ref name=ballard>{{cite web|url=http://theadvocate.com/columnists/markballard/5693081-123/political-horizons-impact-of-statistical|author=Mark Ballard|title=Political Horizons: Impact of statistical spin|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=September 21, 2013|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>
In 2002, Stonecipher co-authored the final report of a government study into possible bio-[[terrorism]] attacks in the United States in the aftermath of [[9-11]]. The study was published in ''Emerging Infectious Diseases'' magazine of the [[Centers for Disease Control]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]]. Since [[Hurricane Katrina]], Stonecipher has performed extensive [[pro bono]] work in regard to "[[good government]]" reforms and political ethics.<ref name=bio/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stonecipher, Elliott}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Demographers]]
[[Category:Columnists]]
[[Category:Pollsters]]
[[Category:Activists]]
[[Category:Independents]]