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Content Description I.V. Billes attended Southern University in Baton Rough, Louisiana, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1941. He continued his education at the Tuskegee Institute, in Tuskegee, Alabama, studying toward a Master’s Degree in Administration. He entered the Armed Forces in 1942 and fought in World War II. He was discharged in 1946 and retired from the U.S. Army Reserves as a Lt. Col. in 1969. He started his career as a teacher and coach in 1942 at Lincoln Parish Training School, Ruston,...