Editing Ken Starr (section)

== Early life and education ==
Starr was born near [[Vernon, Texas]], the son of Vannie Maude (Trimble) and Willie D. Starr, and was raised in [[Centerville, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-12-30-9812290720-story.html|title=Vannie Mae Starr, Prosecutor's Mother|publisher= Sun Sentinel| work= sun-sentinel.com |date=December 30, 1998 |accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220913202623/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-12-30-9812290720-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/starr-kenneth-winston-1946|title=Starr, Kenneth W(inston) 1946–|website= encyclopedia.com|access-date=September 13, 2022|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211027054303/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/starr-kenneth-winston-1946|url-status=live}}</ref> His father was a [[Religious minister|minister]] in the [[Churches of Christ]] who also worked as a barber.<ref name=PRN>{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kenneth-w-starr-former-federal-judge-and-us-solicitor-general-dies-at-76-301623638.html| title= Kenneth W. Starr, Former Federal Judge and U.S. Solicitor General, Dies at 76|publisher=PR Newswire|accessdate=September 13, 2022|archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913200705/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kenneth-w-starr-former-federal-judge-and-us-solicitor-general-dies-at-76-301623638.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Starr attended [[Sam Houston High School (San Antonio, Texas)|Sam Houston High School]] in [[San Antonio]] and was a popular, straight‑A student. His classmates voted him most likely to succeed.<ref name="pressley" /><ref name= "black">{{cite news| last= Black| first= Jane |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/clinton_under_fire/profiles/168654.stm |title= Kenneth Starr: On the trail of the President| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170801052038/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/events/clinton_under_fire/profiles/168654.stm |archivedate=2017-08-01| publisher= BBC| date= 1998-11-09| accessdate= June 25, 2009}}</ref> In 1970, Starr married Alice Mendell, who was raised Jewish but converted to Christianity.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/us/08beliefs.html |work= The New York Times |first=Mark |last=Oppenheimer |title=Kenneth Starr Tries to Help Baylor Move On |date=May 7, 2010 |access-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-date=January 5, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180354/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/us/08beliefs.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RossStarr2010Feb">{{cite news |url= http://www.christianchronicle.org/article2159012~Pepperdine_Law_Dean_Kenneth_Starr_named_president_of_Baylor |title=Pepperdine Law Dean Kenneth Starr named president of Baylor |first=Bobby Jr. |last=Ross  |date= February 2010 |work=Christian Chronicle |access-date=February 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100218155258/http://www.christianchronicle.org/article2159012~Pepperdine_Law_Dean_Kenneth_Starr_named_president_of_Baylor |archive-date=February 18, 2010}}</ref><ref name= "WoodsTribStarr2010Feb16">{{cite news|url=http://www.wacotrib.com/news/Ken-Starr-named-president-of-Baylor-University.html|title=Ken Starr named president of Baylor University| last= Woods| first= Tim| date= February 16, 2010|work=Waco Tribune-Herald|access-date=February 17, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205194602/http://www.wacotrib.com/news/Ken-Starr-named-president-of-Baylor-University.html|archive-date=February 5, 2013}}</ref> They had three children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Witherspoon |first1=Tommy |title='A scholar and a gentleman': Former Baylor president, Clinton investigator Ken Starr dead at 76 |url=https://www.kwtx.com/2022/09/13/scholar-gentleman-former-baylor-president-clinton-investigator-ken-starr-dead-76 |access-date=21 April 2023 |work=www.kwtx.com |publisher=Gray Television, Inc |date=13 September 2022 |archive-date=September 13, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220913201308/https://www.kwtx.com/2022/09/13/scholar-gentleman-former-baylor-president-clinton-investigator-ken-starr-dead-76|url-status=live | language=en}}</ref>

Starr attended the [[Churches of Christ]]–affiliated [[Harding University]] in [[Searcy, Arkansas]], where he was an honor student, a member of the [[Young Democrats of America|Young Democrats]],<ref name= "pressley">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/texas030298.htm|title=Special Report: The Roots of Ken Starr's Morality Plays|last=Pressley|first=Sue Anne| date= February 3, 1998|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=June 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604160537/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/texas030298.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and a vocal supporter of Vietnam protesters.<ref name="manes">{{cite news|url=http://politicalcartel.org/2008/09/09/kenneth-starr-in-the-bison-at-harding-college/ |title=Kenneth Starr in The Bison at Harding College |last=Manes |first=David M |date=September 9, 2008 |work= politicalcartel.org| publisher= The Political Cartel Foundation |access-date=June 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925193505/http://politicalcartel.org/2008/09/09/kenneth-starr-in-the-bison-at-harding-college/ |archive-date=September 25, 2009 }}</ref> He later transferred to [[George Washington University]], in Washington, D.C., where he received a Bachelor of Arts in history, in 1968. While there, he became a member of [[Delta Phi Epsilon (professional)|Delta Phi Epsilon]].<ref name="delta">{{cite web|url=http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Chapters/Eta/Eta_V_Directory.html|title=Eta Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon|publisher=Delta Phi Epsilon|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=January 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105173625/http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Chapters/Eta/Eta_V_Directory.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Starr was not drafted for military service during the [[Vietnam War]], as he was classified [[Selective Service System classification|4‑F]], because he had [[psoriasis]].<ref name="winerip">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E3D6143FF935A3575AC0A96E958260|title=Ken Starr Would Not Be Denied|last=Winerip|first=Michael|date=September 6, 1998|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=36|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-date=September 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914114120/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/06/magazine/ken-starr-would-not-be-denied.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He worked in the [[Southwestern Advantage]] entrepreneurial program and later attended [[Brown University]], where he earned a Master of Arts degree in 1969. Starr then attended the [[Duke University School of Law]], where he was an editor of the ''[[Duke Law Journal]]'' and graduated with a [[Juris Doctor]] in 1973.<ref name="chu">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/2006-07-19-college-work-usat_x.htm |title=College students learn from job of hard knocks|last=Chu|first=Kathy|date=July 21, 2006|work=USA Today|access-date=June 25, 2009|publisher=Gannett Co. Inc.|archive-date=March 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310030844/http://www.usatoday.com/money/2006-07-19-college-work-usat_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>