Ann Kamps was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on October 21, 1950. After graduating from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), she married Wally Kamps and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1984, she volunteered on Governor Clinton’s re-election campaign. In 1985, she was appointed as Special Assistant to Arkansas’ First Lady Hillary Clinton, and later Special Assistant for Early Childhood Programs, where she helped develop the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY). She served in these roles until 1992. In 1993, Jim Guy Tucker appointed Kamps to serve as the inaugural director of the state’s commission on national community service, a position she held until 1995. From 1995-2003, she served as the director of the Communities in Schools program in Arkansas. In 2004, she took a position as manager of volunteers and visitor services at the Clinton Foundation.
#1: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Ann Kamps; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#2: Ann Weil (Kamps)at her 6th birthday party with Anne Bryant (on right); Russell Erskin Hotel; Huntsville, Alabama, October 1956
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#3: Ann Kamps with her family: (front row) mother, Margaret Ann Weil; Ann Weil Kamps; David Weil; Jim Hinson; and Marian Weil Hinson; (back row) Joan Weil Castle; Darrell Castle; her father, Mort L. Weil Jr.; Walter Kamps; and Leanne Kamps; September 26, 1981
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#4: Ann Kamps in her official portrait for the Governor's Office
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#5: Ann Kamps with Dr. Ruth Westheimer in the Governor's Office, Little Rock, Arkansas, December 1990
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#6: Ann Kamps with Bill Clinton in the Governor's Conference Room on inauguration day, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1991
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#7: Ann Kamps (right) with Hillary Clinton at a staff picnic, 1992
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#8: Ann Kamps's children, David and Leanne, with Governor Bill Clinton
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#9: Ann Kamps with Hillary Clinton, Adams Field, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1992
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#10: Ann Kamps with Bill Clinton on his last day as Arkansas governor, December 10, 1992
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#11: Ann Kamps's son, David Kamps, shaking hands with President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office, Washington, DC, August 1997
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#12: Ann Kamps's son, David Kamps, shaking hands with Hillary Clinton at the White House, Washington, DC
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#13: Ann Kamps with Chris Burrow and Hillary Clinton, Aspen, Colorado, 2005
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#14: Ann Kamps and Bill Clinton in the Great Hall at the Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, December 2010
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#15: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Ann Kamps; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#16: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Ann Kamps; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#17: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Ann Kamps; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
#18: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Ann Kamps; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
© Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas
