What is Gaston Caperton?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Gaston Caperton |image = Gaston Caperton 2010.jpg |office = 31st [[List of Governors of West Virginia|Governor of West Virginia]] |term_start = January 16, 1989 |term_end = January 13, 1997 |predecessor = [[Arch A. Moore Jr.]] |successor = [[Cecil H. Underwood]] |birth_name = William Gaston Caperton III |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|2|21}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Charleston, West Virginia|Charleston]], [[West Virginia]], U.S.}} |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Dee Caperton|Dee Kessel]]|1965|1990|reason=div.}}<br />{{marriage|[[Rachael Worby]]|1990|1998|reason=div.}}<br />{{marriage|[[Idit Harel]]|2003|2012|reason=div.}} |education = [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''William Gaston Caperton III''' (born February 21, 1940) is an American politician. He was the [[List of Governors of West Virginia|31st Governor]] of [[West Virginia]] from 1989 to 1997. He was president of the [[College Board]], which administers the nationally recognized [[SAT]] and [[Advanced Placement|AP]] tests, from 1999 to 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Amy Julia |title=Caperton says state can learn from Texas turnaround school|url=http://wvgazette.com/News/201111100225|publisher=The Charleston Gazette|access-date=21 November 2011}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Caperton, Gaston}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Governors of West Virginia]] [[Category:People from Charleston, West Virginia]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}}