LOS ANGELES: Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with ... in the US Army but turned down an appointment to teach at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, to pursue songwriting in ...

Outlaw country musician and Hollywood actor Kris Kristofferson ... was born into a military family and moved frequently, as a child, due to his father’s service. He attended Pomona College ...

Few songwriters have had as profound an effect on country music as Kris Kristofferson ... and had been assigned to West Point military academy to teach English. Before accepting the commission ...