Col. Elmer E. Kirkpatrick
West Point graduate and Oklahoma City native
Col. Elmer E. Kirkpatrick was born August 17, 1905, in Indian Territory. His parents were Elmer E. Kirkpatrick and Claudia Spengler.
He attended Central High School in Oklahoma City, Marion Military Institute in Alabama, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and Carnegie Institute of Technology. His career included military service and later academic work in Florida.
He was married to Edith Kirkpatrick. A related Central High memory sheet recalls Forum Debating Society, Pi Delta Kappa, and the overcrowded Central years of the early 1920s.
Source: Oklahoma County Historical Society biographic sketch and Central High memory forms (scans provided by Steve Lackmeyer, September 2026).
