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Edward Mangum (1913-2001) Theater director and educator. Edward Mangum was born in Greenville, Texas. His father was a member of the Texas legislature and his mother was a professor at the local community college. After graduating from East Texas State College, Mangum received a fellowship for a semester's study at American University in Washington, D.C. As the fellowship came to an end, Mangum was advised by Sam Rayburn, a family friend, to remain in D.C. because there was no work to be found in Depression-era Texas. Rayburn found the young man a job with a government agency.