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Lane Kirkland

Joseph Lane Kirkland (March 12, 1922 - August 14, 1999) US union leader.

Kirkland was born in Camden, South Carolina.

In 1941, Kirkland entered the United States Merchant Marine Academy, graduated 1942, and became an officer on U.S. merchant ships during World War II. After the war, he worked in the Research Department of the AFL.

Kirkland married Edith Draper Hollyday in June 1944, with whom he had five daughters. A year after their divorce in 1972, he married Irena Neumann.

From 1979 to 1995 he was president of the American Federation of LaborCongress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).

Kirkland died in Washington, D.C..



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