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From 1988 to 2010, Prestridge was coordinator of legal and government affairs for the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>
From 1988 to 2010, Prestridge was coordinator of legal and government affairs for the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>
In 1978, Prestridge was an unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat vacated after seventeen years by [[Joe Waggonner]]; victory went to Anthony Claude Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish, who was himself unseated in 1980 by later Governor [[Buddy Roemer]].
In 1978, Prestridge was an unsuccessful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] candidate for Louisiana's 4th congressional district seat vacated after seventeen years by [[Joe Waggonner]]; victory went to [[Buddy Leach|Anthony Claude Leach, Jr.]], then of Leesville in Vernon Parish, who was himself unseated in 1980 by later Governor [[Buddy Roemer]].
Prestridge was elected president of the Bossier Jaycees in 1968, Holiday in Dixie in 1981, and the Bossier Chamber of Commerce in 1986. He was a founding board member of The Rutherford House in Shreveport, a board member of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, also in Shreveport, the Red River Revel, and the Louisiana Association for the Blind.<ref name=obit/>
Prestridge was elected president of the Bossier Jaycees in 1968, Holiday in Dixie in 1981, and the Bossier Chamber of Commerce in 1986. He was a founding board member of The Rutherford House in Shreveport, a board member of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, also in Shreveport, the Red River Revel, and the Louisiana Association for the Blind.<ref name=obit/>