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==Background==

==Background==

Fordice was born in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], to Daniel Fordice, Sr. (1901-1977), and Aileen Augustine Fordice (1904-1996), who are both interred at Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.<ref>Daniel Kirkwood Fordice (1901-1977) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed October 18, 2021.</ref> Fordice studied engineering at [[Purdue University]] in West Lafayette, [[Indiana]], and earned Bachelor of Science and [[Master of Science]] degrees in 1955 and 1956, respectively. After graduation from Purdue, he served with the [[United States Army]] as an engineering officer in the 1st Infantry Division for two years. He remained in the Army Reserve until 1977, having retired with the rank of [[Colonel]].<ref name=bio>Kirk Fordice: Sixty-first and Sixty-second Governor of Mississippi: 1992-1996; 1996-2000 - 2004-09 (ms.gov), accessed October 25, 2021.</ref>

Fordice was born in [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], to Daniel Fordice, Sr. (1901-1977), and Aileen Augustine Fordice (1904-1996), who are both interred at Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.<ref name=findagrave/> Fordice studied engineering at [[Purdue University]] in West Lafayette, [[Indiana]], and earned Bachelor of Science and [[Master of Science]] degrees in 1955 and 1956, respectively. After graduation from Purdue, he served with the [[United States Army]] as an engineering officer in the 1st Infantry Division for two years. He remained in the Army Reserve until 1977, having retired with the rank of [[Colonel]].<ref name=bio>Kirk Fordice: Sixty-first and Sixty-second Governor of Mississippi: 1992-1996; 1996-2000 - 2004-09 (ms.gov), accessed October 25, 2021.</ref>

==Career==

==Career==